Manuel Legris

Quick Facts

Full Name	Manuel Legris
Occupation	Choreographer
Date Of Birth	Oct 10, 1964(1964-10-10)
Age	60
Birthplace	Paris
Country	France
Birth City	Île-de-France
Horoscope	Libra

Manuel Legris Biography

Manuel Legris is one of the most popular and richest Choreographer who was born on October 10, 1964 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Manuel Legris, a French ballet dancer was born in Paris on 10/10/64. For 23 years, he was an etoile (star dancing) at the Paris Opera Ballet. He has been the director of Vienna State Ballet since September 1, 2010. In December 2020, he will take over as artistic director at La Scala Theatre Ballet.

Manuel Legris was able to add two major works in 2003: Variations on Carmen, by Roland Petit, and Phrases for Quartet by Maurice Bejart. Maurice Bejart gave Laurent Hilaire and him the exclusive performance of The Song of a Wayfarer again that year.

In December 2005, the Stuttgart Ballet offered him the title role in Onegin where he danced with Maria Eichwald and the company during a tour of Japan and in January 2006 in Stuttgart.

On November 19, 2007, he danced as the partner of Dorothée Gilbert, his favorite pupil of the dance school, in the Nutcracker at the Opera de Paris, which was performed without any costumes or set (due to strikes by staff), after which she was named Etoile.

They were regularly invited to Japan. Kishin Shinoyama was a Japanese photographer who published Manuel Legris A L’Opera de Paris in January 2000. This book was dedicated to him.

Manuel Legris Net Worth

Manuel Legris is one of the richest Choreographer from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Manuel Legris 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At the age of 8, he began ballet lessons with Yvonne Guba, a local teacher. He joined the Corps de Ballet in 1980 at the age of 16 and began lessons at the Paris Opera Ballet School at the age 11 years. He was promoted to the rank of “Sujet” in 1982. Rudolf Nureyev elevated Manuel Legris to the title of “Etoile” at 21 years old. This was a remarkable achievement that saw him rise above the rank “Premier Danseur”. The company performed Raymonda choreographed and choreographed in New York by Nureyev. Legris was the lead role of Jean de Brienne. He was named principal dancer at the end of the performance.

Manuel Legris also traveled the globe with fellow dancers “Manuel Legris Etoiles”. Monique Loudieres and Manuel Legris co-created this concept in 1996. The idea was to let young dancers take on the solo roles that were not possible at the Opera and to give them the opportunity to work with top choreographers, forcing them to perform against other young artists.

In February 2004, Jiri Kylian created a Pas de Deux Il faut qu’une porte… at the Paris Opera where Manuel Legris danced with Aurélie Dupont. During the summer, he made another triumphant tour in Japan with his group, to which he added “special guests” Monique Loudières and Laurent Hilaire. Finally, in December he took part in the new work of Trisha Brown O zlozony / O composite, along with Aurélie Dupont and Nicolas Le Riche.

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Manuel Ranked on the list of most popular Choreographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Manuel Legris celebrates birthday on October 10 of every year.