Bayard, Sylviane (1957–)

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Bayard, Sylviane (1957–)

French ballet dancer. Born Oct 8, 1957, in Bergerac, France.

Trained early on with Fokine student Desha Delteil; had feature role in the film L'Age en Fleurs (1972); joined the Stuttgart Ballet in Germany (1974), where she performed repertory works by John Cranko to great acclaim; appeared in such contemporary works as William Forsythe's Flore Subsimplici and Rosemary Halliwell's Mirage; danced principal roles for Metropolitan Opera House in New York, Royal Swedish Ballet, Théâtre du Châtelet Paris, Béjart's Ballet du XXième Siècle, Teatro Massimo Palermo, Australian Ballet, among others; served as ballet master at Leipzig Opera (1995–97) and Berlin Opera thereafter; became ballet director at Berlin Opera (1999–2000).

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