Stephane DALLE

International Soloist & Principal Dancer, Ballet Master and Professor, Floor Barre expert

International dancer and ballet master, Stephane has dedicated his life to his passion. Loyal to his masters and inspired by his many ballet experiences from East to West, Stephane started teaching in the 1990s.
Today, he is a recognized ballet teacher and a well-known coach for the original Boris Kniaseff floor barre. Stephane holds a French State diploma in classical dance (“dispensé du diplôme d’Etat” dispensation granted due to his renown career as a dancer, ballet master and professor). Stephane was named “Ambassador of art” by the city of St Quentin in 1996.
Willing to experience Stephane’s teaching: his DVDs are available here.

GUEST AS A TEACHER

2006-2024

BALLET CLASSES

• Casa de Balet, Bucarest
• Teatr Wielki Ballet Poznan, Pologne
• Conservatório de Dança de Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
• Dance center Alonzo King LINES, San Francisco
• Mosa Ballet School, Liege
• Atelier Rainbow Tanzkunst (ART), Zurich
• School for Dance Arts and Body Awareness, Zurich
• Alina Cojocaru Foundation, London
• Royal Swedish Ballet, Stockholm
• Estonian National Ballet, Tallinn
• Greek National Opera ballet, Athens
• Conservatoire de Toulouse
• Dutch National Ballet Academy, Amsterdam
• Municipal Theater Ballet of Rio de Janeiro
• Ballet de l’Opera national du Capitole
• Royal Danish Ballet, Copenhagen
• Oslo National Academy of the Arts - Academy of Dance, Oslo
• National Ballet, Bucharest
• Houston Ballet
• Ballet Preljogaj, Aix-en-Provence
• Polish National Ballet, Warsaw
• Staatsballett, Berlin
• Scottish Ballet, Glasgow
• A.B.C Ballet, Tokyo
• Compania Nacional de Danza, Madrid
• Architanz, Tokyo
• Charleroi Dance company
• The Loft, Bruxelles
• John Cranko Ballett Schule, Stuttgart
• Conservatoire National de Paris 8eme
• Stuttgarter Ballett
• Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley, California (USA)
• Saarbrucken Ballet, Saarbrucken
• Ballett Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf
• Frankfurt Ballet
• Galili Dance, Groningen
• Het National Ballet, Amsterdam
• Henny Jurriëns Studio, Amsterdam

FLOOR BARRE

• Casa de Balet, Bucarest
• Conservatório de Dança de Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
• Mosa Ballet School, Liege
• Atelier Rainbow Tanzkunst (ART), Zurich
• School for Dance Arts and Body Awareness, Zurich
• The London City Ballet
• Alina Cojocaru Foundation, London
• MUBA Music and Ballet School of Estonia, Tallinn
• Greek National Opera Ballet School, Athens
• Royal Swedish Ballet, Stockholm
• Royal Ballet School, White Lodge in Richmond Park, London
• Royal Ballet School, Upper School in Covent Garden, London
• Conservatoire de Toulouse
• Dutch National Ballet Academy, Amsterdam
• Ballet de l’Opera national du Capitole, Toulouse
• Royal Danish Ballet, Copenhagen
• Oslo National Academy of the Arts - Academy of Dance, Oslo
• National Ballet, Bucharest
• Romana Turczynowiczo Szkola Baletowa Warszawa
• Houston Ballet School
• Polish National Ballet, Warsaw
• Staatsballett, Berlin
• A.B.C Ballet, Tokyo
• Architanz, Tokyo
• The Loft, Bruxelles
• Conservatoire National de Paris 8eme
• Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley Ballet and School, California (USA)
• John Cranko Ballett Schule, Stuttgart
• Galili Dance, Groningen
• Henny Jurriëns Studio, Amsterdam
• Het National Ballet, Amsterdam
• Ballett Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf
• English National Ballet and School, London
• Frankfurt Ballett

2009
Publication of 3 DVDs about the Floor Barre method of Boris Kniaseff, beginner, intermediate and advanced levels with students of the John Cranko Ballet School in Stuttgart.

BALLET MASTER

2018-2022
Ballet de l’Opera national du Capitole, Toulouse, France 2015-2017
Royal Danish Ballet, Copenhagen, Danmark 2011-2015
Polish National Ballet, Warsaw, Poland

STAGE EXPERIENCE

2000-2006 - Principal - Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley, San Jose, USA

• Theme and Variations; G. Balanchine (P. Tchaikowsky)
• The Nutcracker; D. Nahat (P. Tchaikowsky)
• Who Cares?; G. Balanchine (G. Gershwin)
• Phaedra; F. Flindt (P. Glass)
• Gaîté Parisienne; L. Massine (J. Offenbach)
• Graduation Ball; D. Lichine (J. Strauss)
• District Storyville; D. McKayle (S. Bechet, D. Ellington, J. R. Morton)
• The Miraculous Mandarin; F. Flindt (B. Bartok)
• La lecon; F. Flindt (Delarue)
• Halleluiah Junction; P. Martins (J. Adams)
• Firebird; D. Nahat (I. Strawinsky)
• Les Sylphides; M. Fokine (F. Chopin)
• Raymonda, Grand pas de dix; D. Nahat (A. Glazunow)
• Romeo and Juliet; D. Nahat (S. Prokofiev)

2003 - Guest Principal - Ballet British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

• Carmen; Jean Grand-Maitre (Bizet)
• In and around Kosla street; Serge Banathan

1995-2000 - Soloist roles - Het National Ballet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• Volontaries; G. Tentley (F. Poulenc)
• Symphonic Variations; F. Ashton (C. Frank)
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Puck; F. Ashton (Mendelssohn-Lanchberry)
• Romeo and Juliet, Mercuito; R. van Dantzig (S. Prokofiev)
• The Four Temperaments, Sanguine; G. Balanchine (P. Hindemith)
• Sleeping Beauty, Prince Desire; P. Wright (P. Tchaikovsky)
• Etudes; H. Lander (C. Czerny)
• Paquita; M. Petipa (L. Minkus, E. Delvedes)
• In the upper room; T. Tharp (P. Glass)
• Theme and Variations; G. Balanchine (P. Tchaikovsky)

1993-1995 - Soloist - Ballett der Deutschen Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, Germany

• Goldberg Variation; H. Spoerli (J.S. Bach)
• In the middle of something elevated; W. Forsythe (T. Willems)
• Vision Fugitives; H. van Manen (S. Prokofiev)
• Agon; G. Balanchine (I. Stravinsky)
• Legend of Joseph; H. Spoerli (R. Strauss)

1991-1992 - Junior Principal - English National Ballet, London, England

• Flower Festival of Genzano; A. Bournonville (E. Helsted, H.S. Paulli)
• Cinderella, the jester; B. Stevenson (S. Prokofiev)
• Aureole; P. Taylor (G.F. Hendel)
• Nos Valses; V. Nelrada (T. Carreno)

1990-1991- Ballett Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

• Steptexte; W. Forsythe (J.S. Bach)
• Slingerland IV; W. Forsythe (T. Willems)
• Impressing the Tzar; W. Forsythe (T. Willems)
• Limbs Theorem; W. Forsythe (T. Willems)
• The sound of one hand clapping; J. Fabre (The Doors)

1989-1990 - Ballet Bejart Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

• La Terre dans 1789…et nous; M. Bejart (H. le Bars)
• Le ring autour du ring; M. Bejart (R. Wagner)
• Rite of Spring; M. Bejart (I. Stravinsky)

1987-1989 - Soloist - Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

• Firebird, the bird; U. Scholz (I. Stravinsky)
• Romeo and Juliet, Benvolio; J. Cranko (S. Prokofiev)
• Rachmaninov nr 3; U. Scholz (S. Rachmaninov)
• Suite Clavier Concerto; U. Scholz (S. Rachmaninov)

1986-1987 - Principal - Bonner Oper, Bonn, Germany

• Swan Lake, the jester; P. van Dyck (P. Tchaikovsky)
• Romeo and Juliet, Paris; P. van Dyck (S. Prokofiev)
• Firebird, Gatchay; P. van Dyck (I. Stravinsky)
• Daphnis et Cloe, Daphnis; P. van Dyck (M. Ravel)

1985-1986 - Soloist - Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

• Midsummer Night Dream, Puck; G. Casado (F. Mendelssohn)
• Sylvia, Eros; G. Casado (L. Delibe)
• Carmina Burana, Prima Vera; G. Casado (C. Orff)

1984 - Soloist roles - Boston Ballet II, Boston, USA

• Pas de trois in Favorita; B. Wells (G. Donizetti)

GUEST AS A DANCER

1999
Gala Lituania (Vilnius)

• Tchaikovsky pas de deux; G. Balanchine (P. Tchaikovsky)
• Duet; W. Eagling (R. Wagner)

Gala Israel (Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa)

• Esmeralda pas de deux; Petipa (L. Pugni)
• Black Swan pas de deux; A. Watkins (P. Tchaikovsky)

1998
Gala Japan (Tokyo)

• Esmeralda pas de deux; Petipa (C. Pugni)

Gala Vilnius (Lituania)

• Esmeralda pas de deux; Petipa (C. Pugni)
• La Dechirure; D. Augustus (M. Oldfield)

1997
Gala Ukraine (Kiev, Doniesk)

• Tchaikovsky pas de deux; G. Balanchine (P. Tchaikovsky)
• La Dechirure; D. Augustus (M. Oldfield)
• Romantique pas de deux; S. Dalle (C. Le Coq)

Gala Kazakhstan (Alma Ata)

• Tchaikovsky pas de deux; G. Balanchine (P. Tchaikovsky)
• La Dechirure; D. Augustus (M. Oldfield)

1996
Gala France (St. Quentin)

• Tchaikovsky pas de deux; G. Balanchine (P. Tchaikovsky)
• La Dechirure; D. Augustus (M. Oldfield)

1995
Gala Germany (Karlsruhe)

• La Dechirure; D. Augustus (M. Oldfield)

1994
Gala Netherlands (Amsterdam) Henny Jurriëns Foundation

• La Fille Mal Gardee pas de deux; H. Spoerli (Halevy et Hertel)
• Slingerland; W. Forsythe (T. Willems)

Gala France (St. Quentin)

• Nutcracker pas de deux; Vajnonen (P. Tchaikovsky)

1992
Gala Switzerland (Lausanne) - 20th Birthday Gala Prix de Lausanne

• Slingerland; W. Forsythe (T. Willems)

Gala France (St. Quentin)

• Bluebird pas de deux; M. Petipa (P. Tchaikovsky)

CHOREGRAPHIES

• 1999 - Space it (R. Gregoire & G. Scapoli)
• 1997 - Romantique pas de deux (C. Le Coq)
• 1983 - Choeur de Pelerin (R. Wagner)

COMPETITIONS

• 1997 - Serge Lifar Concours (Kiev, Ukraine); Best partner prize
• 1988 - Varna Concours (Varna, Bulgaria); Finalist and Diploma
• 1984 - Lausanne Concours (Lausanne, Switzerland); Johnson Foundation Prize

COACHES AND TEACHERS

William Griffith, Raymond Franchetti, Jaqueline Fynnaert, Tadeusz Matacz, Larissa Sklyanska, Ute Mitreuter, Christine Anthony

SCHOOLS & SCHOLARSHIPS

1984-1985 - Private ballet-school, New York, USA
Teacher: Gabriela Darwach 1984-1985 - School of American Ballet (SBA): New York, USA (scholarship)
Teachers: Stanley Williams, Andrei Kramarewsky 1982-1984 - Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, France
Teachers: Serge Golovine, Pierre Lacotte, Ghislaine Thesmar 1983 - La Fondation de la Dance, I. Bouland-Vinay (Scholarship) 1981-1984 - Private ballet-school: Paris, France (scholarship)
Teachers: Solange Golovine, Jean Golovine 1981 - Private ballet-school: Paris, France
Teacher: Daniel Frank 1980-1981 - Private ballet-school: St. Quentin, France
Teacher: Michele Richet Ledru

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