fandeballet Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 :shrug: GIL was a dancer who danced with the Roland Petit Ballet (of Marsailles??). I only saw him during Petit's co. engagemet at the Met either 1984,'85 or '86. I thought he was great, but have not seen or heard about him again. Can anyone give me any help??????????? THANKS Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 do you mean Jean-Charles Gil? He danced at the Met's 100th anniversary program, and joined the San Francisco Ballet for a while afterward. I don't know what he did after that. Hope that helps a little. Link to comment
Françoise Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 He is director of the Ballet of Youngs of Europa which is different from Europa Danse. But I don't believer he is again dancer. Link to comment
Estelle Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Yes indeed, his first name is "Jean-Charles", and here's his web site: http://www.balletdesjeunes.org/jeancharlesgil/ He created his own company, "Ballet des Jeunes d'Europe", which is based in Marseille, and choreographs for it. They will perform his new ballet "Mireille" next August in the region of Marseille. Previously, he had danced for the San Francisco Ballet between 1985 and 1988, and for the Ballets de Monte-Carlo between 1991 and 1997. I only saw him once on stage, around 1999 in a solo program in Marseille (with choreographies by himself and two other choreographers), and I had liked a lot his stage presence and elegance. Link to comment
Alexandra Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Gil was a favorite of mine, although I only saw him a few times, with the Ballet de Marseille (and on the Met gala; as I remember it, he was supposed to dance "Corsaire" with Kirkland, who didn't show. He did a solo from Petit's Nutcracker which was, indeed, elegant. He was also beautiful ) Thank you for the update and the web site link, Estelle. I'd lost track of him after he left San Francisco Ballet too. Link to comment
brbropus39 Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 I recently purchased a DVD of the Ballet National de Marseille in Roland Petit's 'The Four Seasons', which features Jean-Charles Gil in the 'Winter' section. The piece was filmed at the Saint Mark's Square in Venice in 1984. Jean-Charles was by far my favorite dancer on the DVD. He was very beatiful and graceful, yet strong and masculine at the same time, unlike some of the other male dancers in the other sections, who I felt were rather feminine (except Luigi Bonino, who I also really liked). Link to comment
fandeballet Posted June 30, 2004 Author Share Posted June 30, 2004 Thanks for the info everybody!!!!!! I am excited about the dvd :yes: !!!!!! Sorry about the duplicate posting I thought this post did not go thru Link to comment
jose manuel Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 just a curiosity, I searched about jean-charles gil and I was surprised to learn that he is spanish! his real name is juan carlos gil. he changed his name to french there are many talented spanish cklassical dancers, unfortunately they all have to work abroad as ballet is totally ignored in spain I have also seen gil in roland petit´s the four seasons. not only him,all the company is in great shape in this ballet. I like specially dominique khalfouni in this ballet. she is a Botticelli creature in this ballet. finally, I read that Gil had created a ballet in honour of his mother Nati. the ballet is called "Nati te quiero" which means "nati, I love you" jose manuel Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 He danced a very nice "La Sylphide" that I saw in San Francisco in the mid 80s. Others, I'm sure, have seen more. Link to comment
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