On behalf of Alexander Neef, the Paris Opera Director, José Martinez, Dance Director, has nominated Guillaume Diop Etoile dancer of the Paris Opera following the performance of the ballet Giselle (based on Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot), in which he danced for the second time the role of Albrecht on the stage of the LG Arts Center in Seoul, Korea, on Saturday 11 March, 2023 (2pm, local time) along with Dorothée Gilbert. He will then star in Le Chant du compagnon errant (Maurice Béjart), staged at the Bastille Opera from 21 April to 28 May 2023.
Diop, just 23 years old, joined the Paris Ballet Opera School in 2012. 2018 he was engaged as Paris Opera Corps de Ballet. 2021 he won the Cercle Carpeaux, AROP Dance Award for the season 2020/2021, 2022 was named Coryphée and 2023 Sujet.
