The Paris Opera Ballet named New Zealand’s Hannah O’Neill and France’s Marc Moreau as their two new star dancers, the former a rare non-French dancer in the world’s oldest ballet company. | AFP
In this file photo taken on June 19, 2019, New Zealand’s ballet dancer and first soloist of the Paris Opera Ballet, Hannah O’Neill, poses during a photo session in Paris. Dancer Hannah O’Neill has been named “etoile” dancer at the Paris Opera. JOEL SAGET / AFP
The Paris Opera Ballet named New Zealand’s Hannah O’Neill and France’s Marc Moreau on Thursday, March 2, as their two new star dancers, the former a rare non-French dancer in the world’s oldest ballet company. O’Neill, 30, is the one of a handful of foreigners to reach the highest “etoile” status at the elite and world-renowned company, which has only in recent years opened up their ranks to non-French dancers.Unlike the Royal Ballet in London or the New York City-based American Ballet Theatre, the vast majority of the 154 dancers at the 354-year-old Paris Opera Ballet are locals.
It was not until 2012 that a dancer from Latin America—Argentina’s Ludmila Pagliero—became an etoile, and not until 2021 that South Korea’s Sae Eun Park became the first Asian awarded the honor.
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