Hélène Bouchet

Hélène Bouchet (born 1980) is a French ballet dancer is a principal dancer at the Hamburg Ballet.

Hélène Bouchet
Born	(1980-10-02) October 2, 1980 (age 44) Cannes, France
Education	École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower École Nationale de Danse
Career
Current group	Hamburg Ballet
Former groups	Ballet National de Marseille English National Ballet

Early life

Bouchet was born in Cannes in the south of France. She studied ballet at École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower and at the École Nationale de Danse in Marseille under Raymond Franchetti and Dominique Khalfouni.^[1]

Career

After dancing with the Roland Petit's Ballet National de Marseille and English National Ballet, she joined the Hamburg Ballet in 1998. She became a soloist in 2003 and principal dancer in 2005. She had originated a number of roles in John Neumeier's works, including La Barbarina in Death in Venice, Tatiana Larina in Tatiana and Eurydice in Orpheus. She won the Prix Benois de la Danse for the latter.^[1]

As a guest artists, she took part in the Tokyo Ballet's 50-year anniversary celebrations, dancing the title role in Romeo and Juliet with Thiago Bordin,^[2] and Jewels with the Mariinsky Ballet, as well as in Germany, France, Japan, Luxembourg, U.S., Russia and Argentina.^[1] In 2003, wearing a Gypsy dress, Bouchet performed "The Gipsy Tunes" in Mougins, France, with her sister, Diane Bouchet, on violin.^[3]

Selected repertoire

Source:^[1]

Marguerite Gautier, Manon Lescaut and Olympia in Lady of the Camellias Myrtha, Moyna, Zulma and Paesant-Pas de deux in Giselle Princess Natalia, Princess Claire and The Butterfly in Illusions - like Swan Lake Louise, Marie, The Beautiful Girl from Granada, La Fille du Pharaon and Mrs. Stahlbaum in The Nutcracker The good Fairy, A Fairy, Princess Florine and Amors Segen in The Sleeping Beauty Hippolyta/Titania und Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream Romola Nijinsky, Tamara Karsavina und Olga Preobrajenska in Nijinsky Juliet in Romeo and Juliet Aschenbach's Concepts in Death in Venice A Stepsister in A Cinderella Story The Little Mermaid and Henriette/The Princess in The Little Mermaid

Desdemona in Othello Sylvia in Sylvia Julie in Liliom Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire The mother in Christmas Oratorio I-VI Woman I in Bernstein Dances Dolly in Anna Karenina Gamzatti in La Bayadère The Sylph in La Sylphide Pink and Mauve in Dances at a Gathering Tatiana in Onegin Third Simphony of Gustav Mahler Afternoon of a Faun Saint Matthew Passion Song of the Earth Jewels – Emerald, Rubies and Diamonds Tchaikovsky Pas de deux Thaïs

Created roles Silvia in Préludes CV La Barbarina in Death in Venice Eurydice in Orpheus Alma in Purgatorio Tatiana Larina in Tatiana The Servant (Désirée von Wertheimstein) in Duse Nocturnes and Nachtwanderung from Songs of the Night Verklungene Feste Night and Echo Unerreichbare Orte Wege A Foreign Sound My Dear Love Renku Countdown

Awards

Source:^[1]

• Silver medal, Varna International Ballet Competition, 2002
• Dr. Wilhelm-Oberdörffer-Prize, 2004
• Prix Benois de la Danse, 2010