Sofiane Sylve
{{short description|French ballet dancer}}
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| birth_place = Nice, France
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| education = Académie de Danse
| occupation = Ballet dancer
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| current_group = Dresden Semperoper Ballett
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Sofiane Sylve (born 1976){{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/jun/13/dance|title=Portrait of the artist: Sofiane Sylve, ballerina|work=The Guardian|date=13 June 2007}} is a French ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer and ballet master with the Dresden Semperoper Ballett and the artistic advisor and school director of Ballet San Antonio; she is set to run the latter's new school. She was previously a principal dancer with Dutch National Ballet, New York City Ballet and San Francisco Ballet.
Biography
Sylve was born in Nice, France. She started ballet at the age of 4 and trained at Académie de Danse. After she was discovered at a competition, she joined the Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe, Germany, when she was 14. Shortly after that, Patricia Neary cast her as the lead in the George Balanchine ballet Allegro Brillante. Neary then recommended Sylve join Dutch National Ballet, which had more Balanchine repertoire. At age 17, she danced the title role in Cinderella. She was promoted to principal dancer and was offered a lifetime contract at age 20, and danced roles including Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, as well as works by Balanchine and Frederick Ashton. In 2003, the New York City Ballet invited Sylve to join the company, and she accepted the position several months lateer.{{cite web|url=https://www.dancemagazine.com/sofiane-sylve-2472967800.html|title=Sofiane Sylve: "I Don't Do Average|work=Dance Magazine|date=21 August 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/11/arts/dance/a-ballerina-born-and-molded-to-balanchines-art.html|title=A Ballerina Born, and Molded, to Balanchine's Art|work=New York Times|date=11 February 2005}}
Sylve joined the San Francisco Ballet as a principal dancer in 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.sfballet.org/artist/sofiane-sylve/|title=Sofiane Sylve|website=San Francisco Ballet|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223200057/https://www.sfballet.org/artist/sofiane-sylve/|archivedate=23 December 2019}} In 2020, Sylve joined Dresden Semperoper Ballett as principal dancer and ballet master.{{cite news|url=https://www.pointemagazine.com/sofiane-sylve-marcelo-gomes-dresden-semperoper-ballett-2645450735.html|title=Sofiane Sylve, Carlo Di Lanno and Marcelo Gomes to Join Dresden Semperoper Ballett|work=Pointe Magazine|date=10 March 2020}} In 2020, she was also appointed Artistic Advisor of Ballet San Antonio.{{cite news|url=https://www.sacurrent.com/ArtSlut/archives/2020/03/11/ballet-san-antonio-to-open-a-new-dance-school-this-fall|title=Ballet San Antonio to Open a New Dance School This Fall|work=San Antonio Current|date=11 March 2020}} And as of 2022, Sylve became both Artistic Director of Ballet San Antonio and Director of the School of Ballet San Antonio.{{cite news|url=https://www.pointemagazine.com/my-plate-is-full-sofiane-sylve-on-her-dual-leadership-roles-at-ballet-san-antonio-and-dresden-semperoper-2647828556.html|title="My Plate Is Full": Sofiane Sylve on Her New Leadership Roles at Ballet San Antonio and Dresden Semperoper|work=Pointe Magazine|date=28 September 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Frank |first1=Nicholas |title=New Director, New Space, New Season for Ballet San Antonio |url=https://sanantonioreport.org/new-director-new-space-new-season-for-ballet-san-antonio/ |website=San Antonio Report |date=June 23, 2020}}{{cite web |title=SOFIANE SYLVE |url=https://balletsanantonio.org/dancers/sofiane-sylve/ |website=Ballet San Antonio |access-date=2 April 2022}}
Sylve completed and received her Management Essentials and Leadership Principles certificates from the Harvard Business School Online.
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Category:San Francisco Ballet principal dancers
Category:New York City Ballet principal dancers
Category:Dutch National Ballet principal dancers
Category:French expatriates in the United States
Category:French expatriates in the Netherlands
Category:French expatriates in Germany
Category:French prima ballerinas
Category:21st-century French ballet dancers