Marie-Claude Pietragalla

MarieClaude Georgette Yvonne Pietragalla born 2 February 1963 in Paris is a French dancer and choreographer Pietragalla was born in Paris to a Coriscan father and mother from Bordeaux At 16 she joined the Ballet de lOpera National de Paris and was named étoile on 22 December 1990 after the performance of Don Quixote in which she played the role of Kitri In 1998 she was appointed to the leadership of the National Ballet of Marseille where she remained five years After a conflict the dancers of the company obtained her resignation She danced at the Opéra Bastille with Patrick Dupond the Swan Lake 1992 and Les Variations dUlysse 1995 under the direction of JeanClaude Gallotta In 1998 she received the Prix Benois de la Danse In 2000 she appeared in a onewoman show Dont look back a solo performance created for her by Carolyn Carlson In October that year she introduced the ballet Sakountala that evokes the internal struggle of the sculptor Camille Claudel with her own demons In 2002 she choreographed the show Enzo a duo created for the show at the Olympia of Christophe Victoire de la Musique 2002 In 2003 she choreographed the show Metamorphoses for the dance school of Marseille The same year she also choreographed Ni Dieu ni maître a show about anarchist poet and singersongwriter Léo Ferré which was presented first at the Théatre Toursky in Marseille then at the Olympia in Paris The show was about music and songs by Léo Ferré and Elizabeth Cooper She signed a new version of Don Quixote MinkusCooper Since 2004 she has run her own company the Pietragalla Company In 2006 she presented a show called Conditions humaines In 2007 she began her second year of residency at the NordPasdeCalais and under the direction of Pierre Cardin created the dancedrama Sade ou le théâtre des fous Presented first at the castle of Lacoste in July 2007 this ballet was also given in February 2008 at the Espace Pierre Cardin in Paris In March 2009 she presented the show Marco Polo at the Palais des Congrès in Paris She is married to the dancer Julien Derouault In 2011 she reappeared alone on the stage of the Palace with his new creation The temptation of Eve which was originally scheduled to run from 25 January12 February 2011 but was extended until 12 March after which she went on a tour in France and Switzerland She is currently a judge on Danse avec les Stars the French version of Dancing with the Stars Source Article MarieClaude Pietragalla from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30