Nicolas Le Riche

Nicolas Le Riche began dancing in Pontoise with Pierre Schwarz with whom he spent two years. He was then accepted at the Paris Opera Ballet School, where he studied for six years under the direction of Claude Bessy. He then joined the Paris Opera Ballet where he worked his way upward winning multiple competitions: Quadrille in 1998, Choryphée in 1989 (1^st prize), Sujet in 1990 (1^st prize), and 1^er Danseur in 1988 (1^st prize). He was named Etoile in 1993. As an opening performer, he has worked with the greatest classical Masters as well as the leading contemporary choreographers at the Paris Opera and the most celebrated opera houses in the world including the Royal Opera House, the Bolshoï, the Kirov, La Scala in Milan, the Royal Danish Ballet, the New York City Ballet, etc.