Guillaume Diop (Paris Opera Ballet - France)

Guillaume Diop, a name to remember! Guillaume undertook most of his ballet training at the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet School in Nanterre, near Paris. From age 12 to 18, he practiced ballet daily there until he was hired at the Paris Opera Ballet in 2018. Guillaume is a smart, hard working young man with the most contagious laugh we have ever seen. In August 2018, during his first week officially working at the Paris Opera Ballet, Guillaume Diop sat with us in the beautiful and sunny garden of Palais Royal and shared his first impression about the transition from school to company and his thoughts about his ballet journey.

Get to know Guillaume Diop's training, conditioning routine, views on being a brown skinned dancer and the role of social media in his life in this entertaining and deep interview.

00:00 Best memories from ballet training years
02:57 Physical and mental preparedness
06:31 To be a brown ballet dancer
09:52 Goals for the first year in the Company
11:49 My warm up routine
14:34 Summer intensives
16:20 Hobbies and social media
18:05 Discovery of my nickname
20:05 The advice to my younger self

Profile photo by Alice Galeano (Instagram: @aligalem)

Music by Gaelle Sadaune
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