GRÉGORY GAILLARD

Trained at the Paris Opera Ballet School, Grégory Gaillard first joined the Paris Opera Ballet’s Corps de Ballet in 1998. He was appointed Coryphée in 2001 and performed classical and neoclassical repertoire with the corps, while also being cast in demi-soloist roles (Paquita, Swan Lake, Giselle, etc.). Subsequently, he danced in numerous contemporary works and participated in several new works (McGregor, Bel, Forsythe, Thierrée). From 2015 to 2017, he performed regularly with the Musée de la Danse in Rennes for the Fous de danse (Dance Fools) events organized by Boris Charmatz. In 2017, he began a career as a rehearsal director at the Paris Opera (Walkaround Time by Merce Cunningham, Grand Miroir by Saburo Teshigawara, Decadance by Ohad Naharin, Speak for Yourself by Sol Léon and Paul Lightfoot, and Boléro by Mats Ek). Gaillard also choreographs: as part of COP 21, he was commissioned in 2015 by the French Institute in Düsseldorf to create a performance on the theme of water with graffiti artist Nasty and 215 high school students. In 2019, he created Pièce in partnership with the French Institute in Cairo for dancers from the Paris Opera and the Cairo Opera. In 2021, he created Hashtag 1 at the Avis de temps fort festival (Morbihan). Gaillard was appointed Assistant Ballet Master at the Paris Opera in September 2019. As a coach, he has participated in reviving ballets by Balanchine, Brumachon, Ekman, Goecke, Graham, Jalet, Nureyev, Preljocaj, and Wheeldon, among others. In 2023, Gaillard was appointed Ballet Master of the Paris Opera Ballet.