Dancers

Demi-soliste

Photo: John Hall

Graziella Lorriaux

Calvi, France
"Dance minimizes explanations and anecdotes, maximizes feeling. Dance has nothing to account for but plenty to say." -Maurice Béjart
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Training

1998-1999 Centre de danse de Paris Jennifer Goubé et Conservatoire du VIIIe arrondissement, Paris

1999-2000 École de danse de l'Opéra de Paris

2000-2004 École Le Monde de la danse, Paris

2004-2006 Rudra Béjart Atelier, Lausanne

Career

2006-2007 Opéra de Zurich

2008 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal (apprentice)

2009 Promoted to Corps de ballet

2011 Promoted Demi Soloist

Repertory

Graziella Lorriaux has danced for the Zurich Opera in works like Don Quichotte, Allem Fern, Allem Nah and Schwanensee from Heinz Spoerli's repertoire. She performed in Le Sacre du printemps, Coppélia, Zarathoustra, The Best of Béjart and Petrouchka as a soloist with Rudra, for Maurice Béjart's company. For Les Grands Ballets, Graziella Lorriaux has danced in The Queen of Spades (Kim Brandstrup), The Rite of Spring (Stijn Celis), Re,-II (Shen Wei), Sleeping Beauty (Mats Ek), Cantata and Four Seasons (Mauro Bigonzetti), Leonce and Lena (Christian Spuck), Minus One (Ohad Naharin) and has interpreted the starring role in Rodin/Claudel de Peter Quanz and in Searching for Home by Stephan Thoss.

Awards

2003 Grand Prix artistique, Concours de Dinan

Chausson d'or, Paris

2004 Grand Prix et Médaille d'or, Concours internationaux de Grasse et Toulon

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