Laurent Guilbaud

Birthplace
Clermont-Ferrand, France

Training
Rodez private school, Paris Opéra Ballet School and the National Conservatory, Avignon

Previous affiliations
National Ballet of Nancy (1997-98); National Ballet of Marseille (1998-2000); Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin (2000-04); Second Soloist – Stuttgart Ballet (2004-10); Soloist – Semperoper Ballet Dresden (2010-16) and Saarländisches Staatsballet (2017-18) as guest soloist. During his dancing career he appeared in works by Lacotte, Balanchine, de Mille, Staats, Fokine, Bournonville, Quilleré, van Danzig, Bart, Nureyev, Martins, Scholz, Gsousky, Pietragalla, Tharp, Taylor, Prejlocaj, Wherlock, Anderson, Savina, Cranko, Spuck, Neumeier, Bigonzetti, Schaufuss, Tetley, Ashton, Robbins, MacMillan, Béjart, van Manen, Watkins, Haydée, Dawson, Naharin, Inger, Ekman, Forsythe, Bubenicek, Celis, Lee, Picket, Goecke and Jiří Kylián. Created roles include works by Celis, Ratmansky, Dawson, Lee, Goecke, Breiner, O´day, Mrozewski, Spradling and Alexander Ekmann

Other info
Awarded his teaching diploma, Paris 2016. As a guest teacher he has taught at Theater Basel, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Dance on Company, Frankfurt Dance Company, Studio Marameo (Berlin), Hnk Split (Croatian National Ballet), Studio Harmonic (Paris), LPDA Ballet School (Brest), Francois Mauduit´ Company (Toulouse), Sa Nau Dansa (Barcelona), DanZArt School (Verona), Ballet national de l’opéra de Bordeaux, Fondazione nazionale della Danza (Aterballetto), Barletta Dance Festival and Académie de Danse (Bordeaux)