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In 2021, Diop was awarded the Cercle Carpeaux Dance Prize, awarded to outstanding young corps de ballet dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet.<ref name=Mixte/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cerclecarpeaux.com/le-prix-carpeaux/prix-de-danse/|title=Prix de Danse|work=Cercle Carpeaux|accessdate=11 March 2023}}</ref> |
In 2021, Diop was awarded the Cercle Carpeaux Dance Prize, awarded to outstanding young corps de ballet dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet.<ref name=Mixte/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cerclecarpeaux.com/le-prix-carpeaux/prix-de-danse/|title=Prix de Danse|work=Cercle Carpeaux|accessdate=11 March 2023}}</ref> |
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In 2022, Diop was listed among "30 under 30" by the French edition of ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''<ref name=VF/ |
In 2022, Diop was listed among "30 under 30" by the French edition of ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''.<ref name=VF/> In 2023, he was one of [[Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch"]].<ref name=DM/> |
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Revision as of 18:26, 13 March 2023
Guillaume Diop | |
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| Born | 2000 (age 23–24) Paris, France |
| Education | Paris Opera Ballet School |
| Occupation | ballet dancer |
| Years active | 2018–present |
| Career | |
| Current group | Paris Opera Ballet |
Guillaume Diop (born 2000[1]) is a French ballet dancer. He joined the Paris Opera Ballet in 2018, and was promoted to étoile in 2023, becoming the first black person to reach this rank in the company's history.
Early life and education
Dio was born in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, to a French mother and a Senegalese father.[2][3] He began dancing at age four.[2] At age 12, he entered the Paris Opera Ballet School, where he trained for six years.[4][5] He also attended a summer intensive at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York.[3]
Career
In 2018, Diop joined the Paris Opera Ballet.[6] In September 2020, in response to the Paris Opera's inaction following the George Floyd protests, Diop, along with the four other black dancers of the company, and two black singers of the opera's chorus, wrote a manifesto titled "De la question race à l'Opéra de Paris", which call for the end of racial discrimination at the opera house. The manifesto was sent to the all of the employees of the opera, and over 400 of them, about a quarter of the employees, signed the manifesto.[4][7][8] The company responded with a report on diversity at the opera house, which was published in February 2021. Alexander Neef, the general director of Paris Opera, announced actions to tackle racist caricatures in classic ballet.[9]
In 2021, he made his debut as Romeo in Nureyev's Romeo and Juliet. At the time, he held the lowest rank of quadrille, and became the first quadrille to dance a lead role in a major full-length work since Mathilde Froustey in 2003.[6] He also danced the Wedding pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty, for the company's Young Dancer programme.[6]
In 2022, Diop was promoted to coryphée.[4][10] He took on more lead roles including Basilio in Don Quixote, Solor in La Bayadère and Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake.[3][10][11] He also appeared in Gerard & Kelly's video Panorama.[12] Diop was promoted to sujet, third of the five ranks, in 2023.[10]
In March 2023, the 23-year-old Diop was promoted to étoile, the highest rank at the Paris Opera Ballet, after dancing as Albrecht in Giselle during a tour to Seoul, South Korea. Unusually, he skipped the rank of premier danseur. Diop also became the first black dancer to reach this rank in the company's history.[1]
Awards and honours
In 2021, Diop was awarded the Cercle Carpeaux Dance Prize, awarded to outstanding young corps de ballet dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet.[4][13]
In 2022, Diop was listed among "30 under 30" by the French edition of Vanity Fair.[5] In 2023, he was one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch".[3]
References
- ^ a b "Guillaume Diop devient le premier danseur étoile noir de l'Opéra de Paris". Huffpost. 11 March 2023.
- ^ a b Rhrissi, Lina (23 December 2020). ""Mon père voulait que je fasse du foot et disait que la danse était un sport de Blancs" : les mots puissants de Guillaume Diop, 20 ans, danseur à l'Opéra de Paris". Neon.
- ^ a b c d "Introducing Our 2023 "25 to Watch"". Dance Magazine. 16 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d d'Almeida, Pierre (13 April 2022). "Guillaume Diop, l'étoile montante de l'Opéra de Paris". Mixte Magazine.
- ^ a b Laborie, Celia; Wintrebert, Hugo (31 August 2022). "Le palmarès 2022 des 30 nouvelles têtes". Vanity Fair.
- ^ a b c Cappelle, Laura (1 August 2021). "France/Dance". Dancing Times.
- ^ Boisseau, Rosita (3 October 2020). "A manifesto to eliminate racial discrimination at the Paris Opera". Le Monde.
- ^ "Paris Opera vows to address lack of diversity, ban blackface on stage". RFI. 10 February 2021.
- ^ Marshall, Alex (8 February 2021). "Paris Opera to Act on Racist Stereotypes in Ballet". New York Times.
- ^ a b c "Guillaume Diop". Opéra national de Paris. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ Noisette, Philippe (13 December 2022). "Les cygnes retrouvent leur prince". Les Echoes. ProQuest 2753432433.
- ^ Giovannini, Joseph (16 November 2022). "Artists Reveal a Dark Side of the Bourse's Crowning Glory". New York Times.
- ^ "Prix de Danse". Cercle Carpeaux. Retrieved 11 March 2023.