Bernice Coppieters

Bernice Coppieters (born 18 November 1970) is a Belgian retired ballet dancer and ballet master. She danced as an étoile at Les Ballets de Monte Carlo and is a long time collaborator of Jean-Christophe Maillot.[1][2][3] She is now the principal ballet master at the company and has staged Maillot's productions worldwide.[4]

Bernice Coppieters
Born (1970-11-18) 18 November 1970
Dendermonde, Belgium
EducationAntwerp Institute of Ballet
Occupation
  • ballet dancer
  • ballet master
Current groupLes Ballets de Monte Carlo
Former groupsRoyal Ballet of Flanders

Biography

Born in Dendermonde, Belgium, Coppieters started training at the Antwerp Institute of Ballet in 1980. She join Royal Ballet of Flanders, where she became a soloist. She joined the Ballets de Monte-Carlo in 1991, and began a creative relationship with Jean-Christophe Maillot, which lasted almost 30 years. She was named étoile of the company by Caroline, Princess of Hanover in 1995. Coppieters became the principal ballet master in 2015. She has staged Maillot's productions in Sweden, Germany, Austria, South Korea, U.S., Czech Republic and Belgium.[4]

"As a dancer you are an interpreter, you need to give your body like an object to a choreographer and say, 'Voilà, I am yours, do with me as you want.'"[5]

Created roles by Maillot

Coppieters originated more than 40 roles in Maillot's productions, including:[4]

  • Juliet in Romeo and Juliet
  • The Fairy Godmother and Wicked Stepmother in Cinderella
  • Meier in the Drosselmeier couple in Casse-Noisette Circus
  • Beauty in La Belle
  • Titania in Le Songe
  • Death in Faust
  • Princess Sheherazade in Sheherazade
  • Her Majesty the Night in LAC

Awards and honours

References
  1. Looseleaf, Victoria (11 January 2014). "Through the Snow, Glitter". Fjord Review. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. Cappelle, Laura (22 December 2013). "Diana Vishneva: On the Edge, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Monaco – review". Financial Times. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  3. Looseleaf, Victoria (1 March 2014). "A fairy-tale life for 'Lac' choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  4. "Bernice Coppieters". Prix de Lausanne. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  5. "The age of Beauty". The Monaco Times. 26 December 2010. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  6. "2011". Prix Benois de la Danse. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  7. Ordonnance Souveraine n° 5.560 du 18 novembre 2015
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