Mathieu Ganio
Mathieu Ganio is a French danseur étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet.
Mathieu Ganio was born in Marseille, France, the son of Ballet National de Marseille principal dancers Dominique Khalfouni and Denys Ganio. He began dance lessons at the age of seven and studied at the École Nationale Supérieure de Danse de Marseille from 1992 to 1999, before completing his training at the Paris Opera Ballet School. In 2001 he joined the corps de ballet of the Paris Opera Ballet and won promotion to the rank of coryphée in 2002 and sujet in 2003. On 20 May 2004, following a performance of Don Quixote, he was appointed étoile, bypassing the rank of premier danseur. In 2005 he was awarded the Benois de la Danse as outstanding male dancer.
His younger sister, Marine Ganio, is a sujet of the Paris Opera Ballet.Repertoire
- La Sylphide : James
- Giselle : Count Albrecht
- Coppélia : Frantz
- Paquita : Lucien d’Hervilly
- Don Quixote : Basilio
- The Sleeping Beauty : Prince Désiré
- Swan Lake : Prince Siegfried
- The Nutcracker : Drosselmeyer/Prince
- La Fille mal gardée : Colas
- Onegin : title role
- Manon : Des Grieux
- The Lady of the Camellias : Armand Duval
- Proust, ou Les intermittences du coeur : Saint-Loup
- Ivan the Terrible : Prince Kurbsky
- Romeo and Juliet : Romeo
- Cinderella : Movie Star
- La Petite danseuse de Degas : Ballet Master
- Caligula : title role
- Les Enfants du paradis : Baptiste
- Psyche : Eros
- Daphnis and Chloe : Daphnis
- Apollo : title role
- The Four Temperaments : Phlegmatic
- Palais de Cristal : First Movement soloist
- Symphony in C : First Movement soloist
- La Valse
- Agon : first pas de trois
- Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet : First Movement soloist
- Jewels : Emeralds, Diamonds
- Mozartiana
- Suite en Blanc : Thème varié, Mazurka, Adage
- Études
- Dances at a Gathering : Man in Brown, Man in Green
- In the Night : Second pas de deux
- The Goldberg Variations : Second Couple
- Other Dances
- Opus 19/The Dreamer
- The Firebird : title role
- Serait-ce la mort? : The Man
- Yondering
- The Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler : The Man
- Song of the Earth
- Artifact Suite
- Approximate Sonata
- Woundwork 1
- Amoveo
- Genus
- Alea Sands
- Grand miroir
Filmography
- Coppélia, Paris Opera Ballet School, 2001: as Frantz
- La Sylphide, Paris Opera Ballet, 2004: as James
- Jewels, Paris Opera Ballet, 2005: in 'Emeralds'
- Proust, Paris Opera Ballet, 2007: as Saint-Loup
- Comme un rêve, 2009
- La Danse, 2009
- La Petite danseuse de Degas, 2010: as the Ballet Master
- Les Enfants du paradis, 2011: as Baptiste
- 'Célébration', Paris Opera Ballet, 2013
- The Sleeping Beauty, Paris Opera Ballet, 2013: as Prince Désiré
- Palais de Cristal, Paris Opera Ballet, 2014: as the First Movement soloist
- Dances at a Gathering, Paris Opera Ballet, 2014: as the Man in Brown
- Swan Lake, Paris Opera Ballet, 2016: as Prince Siegfried
