silvermash Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Laura Hecquet has been promoted Etoile after Swan Lake. Congratulations Laura! It has been announced in the News topic http://balletalert.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/39940-new-etoile-at-paris-opera-ballet/ but I think it deserves to be in the POB thread as well...
Helene Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Philippe Noisette tweeted a great photo of Hecquet with her fellow concours winners from last Fall with the following message: En déc dernier Laura Hecquet brillait déjà dans @ParisMatch avec les promus du concours. (photo @fouque_patrick ) The Twitter translation is: In dec last Laura Hecquet already shone in @ParisMatch with the graduates of the contest. (photo @fouque_patrick)
silvermash Posted March 24, 2015 Author Posted March 24, 2015 Benjamin Millepied just did this one which is very moving http://t.co/rUOV9n6CuY
Natalia Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Congrats to lovely Laura Hequet! I loved her in recent cinemacast of SLEEPING BEAUTY (Fairy Miettes, etc.).
mussel Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 Congrats! Did Millepied come on stage to announce the promotion? I hope videos of the announcement will emerge soon.
volcanohunter Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 The announcement is made by the Paris Opera's director, since it's the director's prerogative to "make" étioiles, at the recommendation of the ballet AD. The Paris Opera has posted video. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2kggz3_laura-hecquet-nommee-danseuse-etoile-de-l-opera-national-de-paris_creation
ABT Fan Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 What a lovely video. Thanks for posting that. Does the dancer really not know it's coming?
silvermash Posted March 25, 2015 Author Posted March 25, 2015 What a lovely video. Thanks for posting that. Does the dancer really not know it's coming? She said in today's Le Monde interview that she didn't. Sometimes, there are leaks and sometimes, there are high probablities like when a dancer is often cast in main roles. Sometimes, it's so well organised that the whole world knows even before it's done
mussel Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 When the director came out and made a speech, the dancers and audience got to know some major announcement's about to happen.
volcanohunter Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 Yes, I'd think that when they see the director and a microphone, they'd suspect an announcement was imminent. Nowadays the POB also puts a cameraman in the wings to capture the event, which would be another tip-off. In recent years the dancer being promoted had almost always been paired with an existing étoile. Theoretically, this time the promotion could also have been Audric Bezard's, but they both appeared certain that it was hers.
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