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[kbarber]

The POB etoile has announced to a Japanese dance magazine that her farewell performance will be Manon with Josua Hoffalt, sometime in January 2014.

[Nanarina]

I suppose it had to happen, but she will only be 41 in 2014, wheras in USA this year she said  two and a half years.  It will just not be the same at the POB without Aurelie there. I saw her dance Manon this year,, with Josua as Des Grieux and her husband Jeremie Belingard  as Lescaut, and it was fantastic.
Hopefully she will come back as a guest artist for a few performances.

[pherank]

I'm not certain if this documentary has been linked to before, but here goes - Aurelie Dupont - L'espace d' un Instant (no subtitles)

Part 1

Note: there are some glitches in the video
Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

[hydraulix]

So that same year Agnès Letestu will also be retiring? I can't help but say it will definitely be a rough year for POB. These two dancers are in my opinion the ones that brought something special to POB, worthy of being called an étoile. With Marie-Agnes Gillot left, I don't think the other ballerinas have achieved that same level of quality (yet). When I see Aurelie, I really see a textbook example of a ballerina. Not only by her technique, but more about her 'air': the elegance, sophistication, grace, refineness. Agnes Letestu hits the nail in the interview with Marc Haegeman:

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I think an étoile brings something extra, personality, an aura