Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
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Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux is a French
ballet
dancer and instructor. He is currently the artistic director at the North Carolina Dance Theatre and the Chautauqua Institution
. At 14, Bonnefoux joined the Paris Opera Ballet
, and became a star dancer at age 21. Under the direction of George Balanchine
, Bonnefoux became a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet
.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
ballet
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
dancer and instructor. He is currently the artistic director at the North Carolina Dance Theatre and the Chautauqua Institution
Chautauqua Institution
The Chautauqua Institution is a non-profit adult education center and summer resort located on 750 acres in Chautauqua, New York, 17 miles northwest of Jamestown in the western part of New York State...
. At 14, Bonnefoux joined the Paris Opera Ballet
Paris Opera Ballet
The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it...
, and became a star dancer at age 21. Under the direction of George Balanchine
George Balanchine
George Balanchine , born Giorgi Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a Georgian father and a Russian mother, was one of the 20th century's most famous choreographers, a developer of ballet in the United States, co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet...
, Bonnefoux became a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
.
External links
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1089186/
- http://dance.ciweb.org/dance_artistic.html