Sylvie Guillem

About

French ballet dancer who has been named the top-ranking female dancer with the Paris Opera Ballet from 1984 until 1989.

Before Fame

She trained in gymnastics as a child and started training at the Paris Opera Ballet School with Claude Bessy when she was 11 years old.

Trivia

She worked as an Associate Artist of the Sadler's Wells Theatre in London in 2006.

Family Life

She had a long term relationship with photographer Gilles Tapie in 2006.

Associated With

She performed in Rudolf Nureyev's stagings of Swan Lake and Don Quixote.