Isabelle Ciaravola

Isabelle Ciaravola ©FerranteFerranti – cnsmdp

Étoile, Paris Opera Ballet
Ballet teacher: Summer Intensive – European Preselection 2019 & 2021

Dancing career

Isabelle Ciaravola dans Les Enfants du Paradis de José Martinez ©MichelLidviac

• 1972: born in Ajaccio (Corsica) on March 12^th
• 1985: enters the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris (CNSMDP).
• 
1988: wins the First Prize from the CNSMD  and enters the Paris National Opera Ballet School.
• 1990: she starts dancing with the Corps de ballet of the Paris National Opera Ballet (she is only 18)
• 1993: she is appointed Coryphée of the Paris National Opera Ballet.
• 2000: she is appointed Sujet of the Paris National Opera Ballet
• 2003: she is appointed Première danseuse of the Paris National Opera Ballet
• 
2009: on April 16^th, after the premiere performance of Onegin (John Cranko) in which she dances Tatiana‘s role, Isabelle Ciaravola is named Danseuse Étoile of the Paris National Opera Ballet.
• 2014: Isabelle Ciaravola officially retires from the Paris National Opera Ballet on February 28^th, at the end of a performance of Onegin at the Opéra Garnier. In September of the same year, she becomes a Ballet Teacher at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP).

Repertoire

Isabelle Ciaravola and Evan Mckie in John Cranko’s Onegin ©MichelLidviac 2014

• Tatiana in John Cranko‘s “Onegin”
• 
Manon in Kenneth Mc Millan‘s “Manon”
• John Neumeier‘s “The Lady of the Camellias” (roles of Marguerite and Manon) and “Gustav Mahler’s Third Symphony” (the Angel)
• Rudolf Nureyev‘s “La Bayadère” (Nikiya) , “Romeo and Juliet” (Juliet), “Cinderella” (one of the two sisters), “Raymonda” (Henriette) and “Le Lac des Cygnes”
• The Star in Patrice Bart‘s “Degas’ Little Dancer”, Swanhilda in “Coppelia” and Giselle
• George Balanchine‘s “the Emeralds” and “the Diamonds” (from “Jewels”), “Serenade”, “Liebeslieder Walzer”, “the Four Temperaments” and “Agon”
• Jerome Robbins‘ “Glass Pieces”, “In the night” and “Dances at a Gathering”
• Pierre Lacotte‘s “La Sylphide” and “Le Papillon”
• Serge Lifar‘s “Suite en blanc” (La Flûte, la Cigarette, l’Adage) and “Les Mirages” (the Woman)
• Wayne McGregor‘s “Genus”
• José Martinez’ Garance in “Children of the Paradise” (Creation), “Delibes Suite” (Creation) and “Mi Favorita” (Creation)
• Trisha Brown‘s “O’slovony o’composite”
• Roland Petit‘s “Le jeune homme et la mort”, “Carmen”, “L’Arlésienne”, “Proust, or: the Intermittencies of the Heart” (Albertine), “Le rendez-vous”, “Clavigo” and “La Méditation de Thaïs”
• Nicolas Paul‘s “Répliques”
• Michel Fokine’s “Le Spectre de la rose”
• Jean Guillaume Bart‘s “La Source” (Creation) and “Coppelia Pas de Deux” (Creation)
• Jiri Kylian‘s “Bella Figura”
• William Forsythe‘s “Woundwork 1” and “Approximate Sonata”
• Angelin Preljocaj‘s “Le Parc” and “Annonciation”
• 
Alberto Alonso‘s “Carmen”

Distinctions

Isabelle Ciaravola and Karl Paquette in Angelin Preljocaj’s “Le Parc” ©MichelLidviac 2013

• Chevalier des Arts et Lettres, Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur
• Designer pour « ballet rosa »