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Sylvie Guillem CBE, was born on 23 February 1965 in Paris, France. As a child, she trained in gymnastics under the instruction of her mother, a gymnastics teacher. In 1977 aged 11, she began training at the Paris Opera Ballet School, and in 1981 joined the company's corps de ballet. She was promoted to the rank of "Etoile" by Rudolf Nureyev at the age of 19. Since then she has performed all the leading roles of the classical repertoire with the world's leading companies including The Royal Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, the Kirov, The Tokyo Ballet, Australian Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and La Scala. International superstar Sylvie Guillem has conceived a new evening of work by three of the most important choreographers working today: Mats Ek, William Forsythe and Jiri Kylian. This will be the second run of performances following this July’s sold-out world premiere. After their successful collaboration in Wet Woman and Smoke, Swedish choreographer Mats Ek presents Ajö (Bye). A new solo created especially for Guillem and set to Beethoven’s last piano sonata, the piece has already been heralded as a 'masterpiece' by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

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Sylvie Guillem