Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)

Manuel Legris

マニュエル・ルグリ　/　まにゅえる・るぐり

Choreographer from France

October 10, 1964 (age 61)　・　Paris, France

choreographer
dancer
ballet dancer

My Take

What strikes me about Manuel Legris is the rare arc of a career that just kept ascending. Twenty-three years as a danseur etoile at the Paris Opera Ballet is already a full life, yet he reinvented himself as a director, first leading the Vienna State Ballet and then taking the reins at La Scala. To me that says he never saw dancing and shaping a company as separate vocations. The Legion of Honour and the Prix Carpeaux confirm the esteem, but I'm more drawn to the quiet stamina of someone who stayed at the very top of an unforgiving art for decades and then chose to build for others.

Overview

Manuel Legris (born 10 October 1964) is a French ballet dancer. He was a danseur étoile (principal dancer) with the Paris Opera Ballet for 23 years. On 1 September 2010, he became the director of the Vienna State Ballet. In December 2020, he was appointed artistic director of the La Scala Theatre Ballet.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Manuel Legris
Name (Japanese): マニュエル・ルグリ
Reading: まにゅえる・るぐり
Born: October 10, 1964 (age 61)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Dragon
Origin: Paris, France
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: choreographer / dancer / ballet dancer / musician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
Legion of Honour
Prix Carpeaux
Nijinsky Award
Danseur Étoile

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

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