{{short description|French ballet dancer and choreographer (born 1945)}} '''Jean Guizerix''' (born 27 October 1945) is a French ballet dancer and choreographer.
==Biography== Born in Paris in 1945, Guizerix is described as "tall and muscular, with a brooding Basque face".<ref name="Solway1998">{{cite book|last=Solway|first=Diane|title=Nureyev, his life|url=https://archive.org/details/nureyevhislife00solw|url-access=registration|date=7 October 1998|publisher=William Morrow|isbn=978-0-688-12873-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/nureyevhislife00solw/page/444 444]}}</ref> He studied dance privately before he joined the Paris Opera Ballet (1964).<ref name="ClarkeCrisp1981">{{cite book|last1=Clarke|first1=Mary|last2=Crisp|first2=Clement|title=The ballet goer's guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pyTi8hEgVAgC|date=11 May 1981|publisher=Michael Joseph|isbn=978-0-7181-2013-9|page=340}}</ref> He was nominated ''etoile'' (star) eight years later. His wife, Wilfride Piollet, is also a former ''etoile'' of the Paris Opera Ballet.<ref name="Autere2013">{{cite book|last=Autere|first=Annemari|title=The Feeling Balletbody|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pvSPAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA23|date=20 November 2013|publisher=Dorrance Publishing|isbn=978-1-4349-2905-1|pages=23–}}</ref> They created their own company in 1980. His awards include the laureate of French Grand Prix de la Danse (1984) as well as chevalier of the Order for Merits (1989).<ref name=benois.theatre.ru>{{cite web|title=Jean Guizerix|url=https://benois.theatre.ru/english/participants/jury/gizeriks/|publisher=Benois de la Danse|accessdate=28 May 2014}}</ref> In 1994, he premiered at the Aix Danse Festival ″Les sept dernières paroles du Christ″ (The seven last words of the Christ) by Joseph Haydn, choreographed by Christine Bastin, Mark Tompkins, Michel Kelemenis, Dominique Boivin, François Raffinot, François Verret, Andy Degroat, and Daniel Larrieu.
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|1367068|Jean Guizerix}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140407115354/http://www.idancedb.com/file.php5?id=70813 Jean Guizerix] at Internet Danse DataBase * [http://www.dansez.com/seminairemai2005/jg.html Jean Guizerix] at Dansez.com * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140517085659/http://clefdesole.com/ Association de Wilfride Piollet et Jean Guizerix (Clef de Sole)] * [http://auguste.vestris.free.fr/Interviews/GuizerixEnglish.html Interview with Jean Guizerix] by Katharine Kanter (2003)
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