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Élisabeth Platel (born 10 April 1959) is a French prima ballerina . Career. After studying at the conservatoire in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, she entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1971, graduating with First Prize, which allowed her to complete her studies at the École de Danse de l'Opéra National de Paris.
Élisabeth Platel, née le 10 avril 1959 à Paris, est une danseuse et professeur de ballet française, étoile du ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris. Depuis 2004, prenant la succession de Claude Bessy, Élisabeth Platel est directrice de l'école de danse de l'Opéra national de Paris.
Biography. Elisabeth Platel started dancing at the conservatoire of St Germain-en-Laye then followed Christiane Vaussard’s class at the National Conservatoire of Paris. Her National Conservatoire first Prize in 1975 granted her the admission to the Ballet School of the Opéra national de Paris.
Biographie. Elisabeth Platel a commencé la danse au conservatoire de Saint Germain-en-Laye puis au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris dans la classe de Christiane Vaussard. Son premier Prix du Conservatoire obtenu en 1975 lui ouvre les portes de l'École de Danse.
Directrice de l’école de danse de l’Opéra de Paris, Elisabeth Platel revient sur son parcours de danseuse étoile, apprenant auprès de Rudolf Noureev, Maurice Béjart et John Neumeier, incorporant les musiques de Glazounov, Stravinsky et Bach.
Élisabeth Platel will present the Paris Opera Ballet School’s Demonstrations and talk about the importance of teaching a style and a technique at the heart of different traditions, and how the students are making this heritage their own for the annual school performance in April 2025.
As a guest teacher both in France and abroad, Elisabeth Platel also revived ballets and coordinated State Diploma studies for the Paris Opera's Corps de Ballet. In September 2004, she became director of the Ballet School.
