The 29-year-old dancer was named during the ballet performance Paquita by Pierre Lacotte in which she plays the title role.
The principal dancer of the Paris Opera ballet, Roxane Stojanov, has been named star of this prestigious company, the institution announced on Saturday December 28. “ On the proposal of José Martinez, dance director, Alexander Neef, general director of the Paris National Opera, appointed Roxane Stojanov star dancer of the Paris National Opera on the stage of the Bastille Opera.»
The dancer learned the news after the ballet performance Paquita by Pierre Lacotte in which she played the title role. The first performance, scheduled for December 5, was canceled due to a work stoppage by the dancers. Born in 1995, of Franco-Macedonian origin, Roxane Stojanov began her training at the age of 8 then entered the Paris Opera dance school in 2007 before being hired in the corps de ballet in 2013. In 2016, she was promoted to “ Corypheus “, that is to say that she obtained the exam on 4e level of the hierarchy in a ladder of five levels, the top of which is reserved for the stars.
The following year, she received the Dance Prize from the Cercle Carpeaux and was then promoted to “ Subject “. In 2020, she received the AROP Dance Prize then was promoted “ First Dancer » two years later. Roxane Stojanov particularly distinguished herself in ballets After the Rain de Christopher Wheeldon, The Lady of the Camellias de John Neumeier ou encore The Bolero directed by choreographer Mats Ek.