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Sofiane Sylve dances with glorious virtuosity. Her musical phrases are sweeping, her pirouettes extravagant, and her leaps exultant. She looks like she could jump over a rainbow. Sylve has a clear affinity for Balanchine's choreography, but her background is European. She was born in France and studied at the Academie de Danse in Nice. After dancing as first soloist in the Stadtheater in Karlsruhe, Germany, she joined the Dutch National Ballet in 1993, rising to first soloist in 1998. She became a guest artist with the New York City Ballet in 2002, and joined as a principal dancer in 2003. This season she has an ever-expanding repertoire of roles (see www. nycballet.com). Last fall I spoke with her in the music room of the School of American Ballet.
What propelled you into ballet as a child? My grandmother. She basically dropped me into the ballet studio when I was 4 or 5. She was taking care of the whole family--cousins, brothers and sisters--seven in all. She said, "I'll only take care of them if they do something artistic." My grandmother got a piano, and I said, "Those black notes on white paper are not my thing." So she said, "Then you'll have to try ballet."
When did you get your first thrill from ballet class? When I was 8 my teacher said, "I think you have talent but you need to go to a...
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