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Sylvie Guillem

1965 - Today

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Sylvie Guillem (French: [silvi gilɛm]; born 23 February 1965) is a French ballet dancer. Guillem was the top-ranking female dancer with the Paris Opera Ballet from 1984 to 1989, before becoming a principal guest artist with the Royal Ballet in London. She has performed contemporary dance as an Associate Artist of London's Sadler's Wells Theatre. Her most notable performances have included those in Giselle and in Rudolf Nureyev's stagings of Swan Lake and Don Quixote. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sylvie Guillem is the 74th most popular dancer (up from 77th in 2019), the 4,235th most popular biography from France (up from 4,268th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Sylvie Guillem ranks 74 out of 116. Before her are Vladimir Vasiliev, Lydia Lopokova, Maria Tallchief, Vera Karalli, Marie Rambert, and Alvin Ailey. After her are Alicia Markova, Olga Spessivtseva, Kenneth MacMillan, Birgit Cullberg, Frankie Manning, and Natalia Dudinskaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Sylvie Guillem ranks 203. Before her are Mauro Gambetti, Merab Ninidze, Michael Dell, Alan Cumming, Johan Museeuw, and Aleqa Hammond. After her are Sergi López, Eugene Kaspersky, Carina Lau, Karin Kneissl, Ikue Ōtani, and John Starks.

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In France

Among people born in France, Sylvie Guillem ranks 4,235 out of 6,770. Before her are Ernest Labrousse (1895), Colette Besson (1946), Dominique Lavanant (1944), Bernard Heuvelmans (1916), Chantal Lauby (1948), and Michel Félix Dunal (1789). After her are Andrée Brunet (1901), Georges Carpentier (1894), Kalidou Koulibaly (1991), Catherine Millet (1948), Jules Vandooren (1908), and Michel Déon (1919).

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Among DANCERS In France

Among dancers born in France, Sylvie Guillem ranks 14. Before her are Roland Petit (1924), Zizi Jeanmaire (1924), Arthur Saint-Léon (1821), Jean Coralli (1779), Micheline Bernardini (1927), and Yvette Chauviré (1917).

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