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Lydie Vareilhes is Guy Vareilhes' daughter. Will probably repeat their year if they don't win a permanent position today: Leonore Baulac, Calista Ruat, Laurie Thureau for the girls. Takeru Coste, Mike Derrua, Alexandre Gasse and Nans Pierson weren't repeating their year but I'm afraid that only Takeru Koste is young enough to repeat, since I'm almost certain all the others were born in 1988. Some of them passed their "bac" last year.

Full results Girls 1. Héloïse Bourdon-Noury (1991) 2. Jennifer Visocchi (1989) 3. Laure-Adélaïde Boucault (1989) 4. Lydie Vareilhes (1989) 5. Léonore Baulac (1990) 6. Marie Piot (1988) Boys 1. Yvon Demol (1988) 2. Mickaël Lafon (1988) 3. Takeru Coste (1989 ?) 4. Alexandre Gasse (1988?) 5. Mike Derrua (1988?) 6. Alexandre Gontcharuk ((1988?)

Yes, Mickael's father couldn't work because if, I remember well, he got a very serious injury on a building site. Hadrien at that time was a one year probationer, and he wasn't accepted in the school after his probationary period. I don't know what he has become. And for the parents: it's still and always the same thing except for a few of them!

Yes, the boy from Avignon who was featured in that documentary was Mickael Lafon who came in second today. Yvon Demol danced last year "Entre deux rondes", alternating with Mathieu Botto, who won a position last year. A lot of things were shown on the documentary, but I think the goal was to put forward the toughness of the school. You could see at the beginning "the demonstrations" with a feature on the girls 4th division. Were included some interviews of Cynthia Grondin, Vanessa Feuillate, Estelle Lecreux, Beryl de Saint Sauveur and their families. After that, the filming was done in Nanterre, and a focus was made on the mixed 6th division, with some extended features of both Mikael Lafon and his family, and a boy named Hadrien, gently called "my young baby elephant" by his teacher. Were also included some interviews of Miss Bessy and of the director of general studies, which take place during the morning.

Won a permanent position: Girls . 1. Héloïse Bourdon-Noury (Only 15 years old, born in 1991) 2. Jennifer Visocchi (17 years old, born in 1989) Boys 1. Yvon Demol (18 years old, born in 1988) 2. Mickaël Lafon (18 years old, born in 1988) Congrats to them :clapping and a big thought for the others who will have to compete tomorrow. Both Michael and Yvon were featured on TV in 1999 in "Des racines et des ailes" when they were about 10 years old and were pupils of the lowest class. They and Jenny are best buddies so that's great for them. I will post the more detailed results later!

For the school, 10 girls and 7 seven boys. 6 positions (maybe 8) will be offered, with about 4 for the internal competition, but this information may be wrong, and the judges can decide to transfer some positions originally offered to the internal competition to the external one.

The internal competition is tomorrow while the external one in on July 6th. Good luck to all competitors. The school pupils who will compete were born in 1991 for the youngest ones and in 1988 for the oldest ones.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...3-16947,00.html Here's an interview given by Miss BL to an australian newspaper. Although she's saying she'll leave , it appears it won't happen soon because it's mentionned she'll work with Nicholas Joel

again !

Congrats Estelle, All the best for you, your husband and your baby !

Yes, Mel, when you're saying "in the midst of death, we are in life", I completely agree. Cemeteries are beautiful places where peace can be found. Nevetheless, I don't like very much these pointes schoes on the grave. As others, i think it looks very creepy because it reminds me the desingration of the body while I want to remember soul. I'm not at all into all these ex votos people (at least in France) are setting down on graves. It kills everything instead of eternity take its place.

Well, I wonder if all infos of findagrave are accurate. They tell that Markova's burial took place in Westminster Abbey. While her memorial service was held there, I seriously doubt that the actual burial with the body was held in the Abbey.

Nureev, Russian Cemetery of Sainte Geneviève des Bois, France http://perrin.olivier.free.fr/cimetiere%20...reev/index.html

The idea guide of ballet-related graves website is great. I think it could be done, but only in giving the name of the dancer buried in the grave and the location if it's known, and nothing more (at least for french graves) .As for pictures, the rule is that in cemeteries, you can take pictures pour your personal use only. If your website isn't commercial I guess it's OK to put the pictures on, but you have to take them off if a tenant in common of the grave wish it. Let's begin: Claire Motte in buried in the "cimetière des Batignolles". The grave ins't easy to find and it's very ordinary.

Oops sorry, there are only 7 000 000 millions (that's already a lot) and 7 not billions. To give you an idea, there are 100 000 plots in the Père Lachaise alone, and they contain about 700 000 bodies. Well, there are a lot explanations. I won't enter into details very much because the thread will become gruesome, but you can do a lot of things with a single plot. Cremation until a few years ago wasn't usual and it was thought in the 19th and 20th that it was important to have a big plot with a deep vault and an impressive monument.

Yes, I think so

Excel doesn't work for those things since there are about 7 000 000 000 bodies in parisan cemeteries There is a special sofware developped especially. Some names are already computarized and the full thing should be finished in 10 years !

Well, if we exclude legal implications, another problem is that not every cemetery has informatic listings, and yes, if you don't have a precise date, it's almost impossible to find something on the paper listings, because there are just too many names...

Well, for the ones who would be tempted to get infos from French cemeteries, I have to warn you that French legislation related to secret of private life doesn't allow those who aren't "tenant in common" of the plot to get some infos. The only thing they can do is to go in the cemetery, try to find the grave and see what's written on. I was very strict on that policy, families can (and sometines do!) intend lawsuits against administration. Nevertheless, you can't control everything from your office, and often if you go to the offices of the cemeteries (there are 19 in Paris) and ask for a particular grave, you may be told the answer. I don't know how strict is their policy now. I was amazed to see how it's easy to get infos from American cemeteries !

Well I don't know the City of Marseilles' administration but I can tell you the city of Paris' is terribly bureaucratic

Well, congrats to Pierre Lacotte and others, because as a former administrator of parisian cemeteries I know very well how it's difficult to get to have the location of someone's grave on the maps. Who did handle the request ?

Thanks Mel. I'll try to see this grave, it's easy to find since it isn't in the romantic area.

You can ask a map to the guard who's at the enter of the cemetery. They're free (a courtesy of the city of Paris) and the locations of famous graves are shown. Both Montmartre and the Pere Lachaise are worth a visit, and Montparnasse too if you have enough time.

Dear Mel, I'm sorry to contradict you and I don't know who's right or wrong but I know those cemeteries very well for personal reasons, and according to a former colleage and friend historian of parisian cemeteries, Miss Taglioni is buried in Marseilles and not in the Père Lachaise. As for Nijinski's grave, the statue is a gift of the Russian Federation.

She will be 65 in 2009 I think but in France you can get retired when you're 60: that's the legal age to do that. 65 is a boundary.