Léonore Baulac, born May 10, 1990 in Paris, is a French-Norwegian dancer. She is ballet dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet. She was named on December 31, 2016 by Aurélie Dupont after her first appearance as Odette / Odile.

The beginnings
Leonore Baulac started dancing at the age of four.

In 2000, when she was ten years old, a teacher, Monique Servaes, discovered in Suresnes her potential for dance.

At 11 and a half, Léonore Baulac passed the Caen international competition and won a gold medal. On this occasion, she is noticed by stars and future stars of the Opéra de Paris. Agnès Letestu and José Martínez are in the jury. It decides Leonore Baulac to become a dancer.

Twice, Léonore Baulac did not succeed in the entrance examination of the School of Dance of the Paris National Opera, so she spent two years at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris (CNSMDP).

Dance School
In 2005, at the age of 15, Léonore Baulac was admitted to the Dance School of the Opéra national de Paris as a paying pupil.

In the 1st division she dances the main role of Léo Staats 'Soirée de fête' and Nils Christe's 'Symphonie en trois mouvements' during the dance school show.

Ballet of the Paris Opera
In the ballet corps
Léonore Baulac is admitted to the corps de ballet in 2008.

She participates in the last years in the main productions of the ballet corps of the Paris Opera as Onegin John Cranko, Paquita Pierre Lacotte, Jewels Balanchine and, of course, most of Nureyev's ballets, Raymonda, Bayadère, Nutcracker, Cinderella, Swan Lake and Romeo and Juliet.

In addition Leonore Baulac is with Josua Hoffalt, Ludmila Pagliero, or François Alu member of "3rd floor" , a group of dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet performing independently under the direction of the choreographer Samuel Murez. On the third floor, she has toured France, Spain, and Argentina since 2009.

Leonore Baulac is chosen in May 2011 by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker for the entry to the repertoire of the ballet Rain.

In 2012 she played a solo role in William Forsythe's iconic and virtuoso ballet "In the middle somewhat elevated".

Promoted coryphée
The 2013-2014 season marks a turning point, which allows Léonore Baulac to climb the ranks of the Paris Opera ballet hierarchy.

She dances Olympia during the revival of John Neumeier's "The Lady with Camellias", a solo role that she took back in 2014 during the company's tour of Japan.

Léonore Baulac was promoted to Coryphée on November 9, 2013 after having interpreted a variation extracted from William Forsythe's "In the middle somewhat elevated".

Benjamin Millepied, who has been ballet director of the Paris Opera since 1 November 2014, chooses Léonore Baulac in May 2014 to dance in his creation Daphnis and Chloé. She interprets in particular the role of Lycénion.

In December 2014, Léonore Baulac was given the role of Clara in Nutcracker Rudolf Nureyev, she dances with Germain Louvet at the Opera Bastille.

Promoted subject
Léonore Baulac is promoted subject on December 6, 2014, at the end of the annual competition of promotion of the ballet of the National Opera of Paris.

She is ranked first with the free variation "The Four Seasons, Variation of Spring" by Jerome Robbins.

In March 2015 she is a soloist in the creation of John Neumeier "The Song of the Earth".

On February 15, 2015, she danced with François Alu in Bourges18 a contemporary dance that he created for them: "La Sylphide".

In the 2015-2016 season it is distributed in "Clear, Loud, Bright, Forward / Op 19 / The Dreamer / Theme and Variations" a ballet evening choreographed by George Balanchine, Benjamin Millepied, Jerome Robbins and in "Quatuor # 4 / The Big Fuge / Verklärte Nacht "choreographed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker.

Promoted first dancer
Léonore Baulac is promoted to first dancer on November 3, 2015 with effect from January 1, 2016, at the end of the annual ballet promotion competition of the Opéra national de Paris.

Promoted Etoile at the Opéra national de Paris
Léonore Baulac is named Etoile at the last performance at the Opera Bastille of Swan Lake on December 31, 2016, on the proposal of Aurélie Dupont, Director of Dance at the Opera, by Stéphane Lissner, director of Opéra.

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