GRAND OPERA SOLOISTS

From year to year the soloists of the world famous French Opera Garnier take part in the Summer Ballet Seasons!
According to the already established tradition, soloists of the Paris Opera Garnier (the modern name Grand Opéra) will take part in the Summer Ballet Seasons. This year young, but already well-known soloists Heloise Bourdon and Jeremy-Loup Quer will arrive in Moscow.
The French couple will perform on the stage of the Russian Academic Youth Theater in two ballets - "Giselle" (July 21) and "Swan Lake" (July 23), performing in them the leading ballet parties.

Héloïse Bourdon was born in Paris. From 2000 to 2007 she studied at the Ballet School of the Paris Opera. In 2007 she was accepted into the corps de ballet of the Paris Opera, in 2009 she was transferred to the leading figures, in 2010 she became a soloist. Prix du Cercle Carpeaux winner (2010) and Prix du public, awarded by the Paris Opera Association (2011).

Her repertoire includes classical ballet parties staged by Rudolf Nureyev "La Bayadere", "Swan Lake", "Sleeping Beauty", "Don Quixote", solo parts in George Balanchine ballets "Theme with Variations", "Agon", "Serenade", " Crystal Palace "(" Symphony in C Major "), in" Etudes "by Harald Lander, in the ballets" Goldberg Variations "and" Dances at a Party "by Jerome Robbins, The Nutcracker by Rudolf Nureyev, The Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler by John Neumayer," The Stream »Jean Guillaume Barth.

She has toured to China, Japan, Australia, Switzerland, Russia, the USA and Canada. As a soloist, she took part in gala concerts in various cities of France and Germany. In 2015 she performed the role of Juliet in the ballet "Romeo and Juliet" in Japan (ARIMA Ballet, Tokyo-Kyoto). In 2016, as part of the XVI International Mariinsky Ballet Festival in St. Petersburg, she performed the role of Odette-Odile in the ballet
"Swan Lake".

Jérémy-Loup Quer graduated from the Ballet School of the Paris Opera in 2011. From 2011 - dancer of the Paris Opera, from 2012 - luminary. Winner of the third prize and a bronze medal at the International Ballet Competition in Varna (2014).
From 2016 - soloist of the Paris Opera.

He performs classical roles in the productions of Rudolf Nureyev "Bayadere", "Swan Lake", "Sleeping Beauty", "Don Quixote", "Romeo and Juliet" and "Cinderella", in the ballets "Paquita" and "Sylphide" by Pierre Lacotta, "The Spring" »Jean Guillaume Bart," Serenade "and" Prodigal Son "by George Balanchine.

And also in the performances of "The Firebird" by Maurice Bejart, "Daphnis and Chloe" by Benjamin Milpiers, "The Princess of the Moon" by Jiri Kilian and others. He toured with the Paris Opera Company to Japan, the United States Festival and Russia. In 2015, he performed the role of Tristan in the premiere production of director Giorgio Mancini "Tristan and Isolda" on the stage of the Florentine Opera.

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Last years Jeremy-Loup Quer, Heloise Bourdon and other soloists of the Grand Opera also participated in the Summer Ballet Seasons: Germain Louvet, Alice Catonet, Marion Barbo, Antoine Kircher. The Paris guests performed the main roles in the ballets "Romeo and Juliet", "The Nutcracker", "Don Quixote" and others.