Korean to join top French ballet troupe

[unreal.livejournal.com]

Park Se-eun, the 2007 winner of the Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland, is a rising star in Korean ballet. Laureate of several major international competitions, the 22-year-old is set to become the first Korean ballerina to join the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet

A young Korean ballerina has been accepted by one of the world’s finest ballet companies based in Paris.

Park Se-eun, the 2007 winner of the prestigious Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Switzerland, passed an audition at the Paris Opera Ballet held last week.

The 22-year-old was one of three among 111 to be chosen from the competitive selection process, according to the Korea National University of Arts, Saturday.


“I can’t believe it. It is a great honor to have an opportunity to work with the best in the world,” Park said during a TV interview after the announcement.

No Korean ballerina has ever been a member of the Paris Opera Ballet, which is considered one of the world’s top three ballet companies along with New York’s American Ballet Theater (ABT) and London’s Royal Ballet.

Upon joining the company, she will be ranked as a “corps de ballet” and subsequently audition for a further promotion next August.

The ballerina ranks among the rising stars in Korean ballet with many important international prizes behind her. Last year, she won the Varna International Ballet Competition in Bulgaria.

As a winner of the Lausanne competition, she formerly danced at ABT II and has worked closely with the Korea National Ballet.

Born in 1989, Park began dancing at the age of 10 and entered a program for young dancers at the Korea National University of Arts. Her dancing is marked by effortless technique and natural expression.

In recent years, Korean ballet dancers have consistently raised their profiles within the world’s foremost ballet troupes.

ABT’s Seo Hee was recently promoted to soloist, while the elegant 26-year-old Kang Hyo-jung became the youngest Asian principal dancer of the Stuttgart Ballet.

The Paris Opera Ballet has an extensive repertoire, ranging from the major romantic and classical ballets to new works by contemporary choreographers.

The company stages about 180 performances per season.

Source: koreatimes

Comments

[finchburg.livejournal.com]

Life imitates Goong.

[lil-rach-angel.livejournal.com]

Haha, glad I wasn't the only one to immediately think of that drama.

[bauci.livejournal.com]

^

[cher-ex3.livejournal.com]

MTE

[vizallati.livejournal.com]

lmao

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

lol

[turdferguson.livejournal.com]

is this a drama i should be watching?

[morgenderper.livejournal.com]

If you like a little dumbness, a little cheesiness, a motherfucking good ass, guys wearing shirts with pink frills and Yoon Eunhye, yes you should.

[finchburg.livejournal.com]

Whut you don't know what Goong is? Do you know of Joo Ji Hoon?

[turdferguson.livejournal.com]

i only know who he is because he gets posted here :3

[hellafun.livejournal.com]

yes you should

[birdofpray09.livejournal.com]

This was my first thought, too!

If only Korea still had a monarchy with a hot prince.

[pivotandsway.livejournal.com]

my first thoughts omg

[lydzi.livejournal.com]

Oh. That's actually truly huge :o.

[freed-misery.livejournal.com]

Wow! Good on her!

Also, SHE DOES NOT LOOK 22. More like 15!!
*PRAYS I LOOK THAT YOUNG WHEN I'M 15 OWAIT I DID*
but only then ;~;

[nekkedness.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

I feel unaccomplished..

[hellafun.livejournal.com]

mte, i thought she was 14 or sth

[lylark.livejournal.com]

Uwahhhhh~ :OO

[a-perfect-shade.livejournal.com]

she is so gorgeous/cute/adorable new bias tbqh I hope she can sing

[drfaith101.livejournal.com]

Good on her!

[kulaire.livejournal.com]

love your dp, gay of demonic charm~~

[jia-zhang.livejournal.com]

...Paris Opera Ballet, which is considered one of the world’s top three ballet companies along with New York’s American Ballet Theater (ABT) and London’s Royal Ballet.

Um...no. If you're talking about ballet, it will always be the Russians, with Kirov and Bolshoi (especially the Bolshoi), who are considered the cream of the crop. Paris, ABT, and London are strong, but they are no Bolshoi.

/unrelatedballetrage

[lilith112.livejournal.com]

Yeah THIS. Russia= ballet HBIC essentially.

[hellafun.livejournal.com]

me too! i always thought Russian ballet is srs bsns and was surprised the article didn't include it in the top 3

[liederkreis.livejournal.com]

lol, was really surprised not to see the Bolshoi even mentioned.

[hotelmirana.livejournal.com]

this

I was wondering where the Russians were.

[fireatwill.livejournal.com]

She started at 10? That's a little late to be so accomplished.

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

THIS. I was expecting she started at, like, 4 or something. By the time I was 10, I had already quit my ballet lessons.

[dbsked.livejournal.com]

this is really late.

[liederkreis.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I started ballet when I was three; by the time I was ten I was already pre-pointe and going to class almost every weekday. Then again, with a lot of hard work and natural ability, a late start is pretty simple to overcome. ^^

[hellafun.livejournal.com]

great for her

ot but hoping for another lisa macuja to emerge in my country

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

Lisa Macuja! <3 She's amazing!

[hellafun.livejournal.com]

she is, she even performed in russia. she's that amazing

[lainmyownworld.livejournal.com]

i have to watch center stage now.

[liederkreis.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to her - the Paris Opera Ballet is stunning. ♥ I hope she does well, and am looking forward to hearing more about her in the next few years.

[yolleh.livejournal.com]

Everytime I hear about ballet, my heart bleeds a little bit.
All my life, I've always wanted to be a ballerina and we could never afford ballet lessons :'(

[jaded-skys.livejournal.com]

trust, gurl, you're probably better off without having done it. any sport like that takes over your life and subsequently your whole family's life too. I was a syncro swimmer from age 4, and by the time I was 9 I was starting doing olympic/pre-olympic training, my dad had become the president of the parents board for our pool, and I was going 5 time a week for 5~7 hour practices. It was absolutely killing me. You've gotta be completely and fully devoted to it, or else it won't work.

[yolleh.livejournal.com]

I know, I did the same thing with netball and piano (then quit, lol) but I still can't help but feel like I really lost out.
I'd rather regret doing something than wonder what would've happened :(

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

my first reaction was 'she's so cute omg i wanna cuddle her' but then i saw that she is older than me, only by a year and i was super surprised, while people tell me i look 16 she looks so much younger than me!

[royalantares.livejournal.com]

She looks really cute.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___sasuka/]

Damn, you go girl!

[schticklet.livejournal.com]

I've seen her dance. She's obviously very talented and precise, but there's not much emotion.