Fabrice Calmels
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Fabrice Calmels (born 18 September 1980)[1] is a French ballet dancer and model who performed as a lead dancer with the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago, Illinois.[2]
Born and raised in Colombes, France, Fabrice Calmels began ballet training at three years old. At age 11, Calmels entered the Paris Opera Ballet School. During his seven years there, Fabrice worked with dance masters such as Serge Golovine, Gilbert Mayer, Max Bozzoni, John Neumeier, Jirí Kylián, Violette Verdy, and performed at the Palais Garnier theatre. It was during his last years of schooling that Calmels went through significant growth spurts to his current height of six feet six inches tall. He ultimately did not join the Paris Opera Ballet as his stature did not blend with the ensemble. Therefore, upon graduation from the Paris Opera School with a degree in Anatomy and the history of dance, Calmels moved to the United States to pursue his dance career.[3]
In the United States Calmels furthered his training by joining The Rock School, and danced with the Pennsylvania Ballet and also the Balanchine style at The School of American Ballet. Later, he joined Boston Ballet, under the direction of Anna-Marie Holmes, where he learned the Russian technique with ballet masters Tatiana Terekhova and Sergei Berezhnoi.[citation needed]
Fabrice has an older brother: Oliver and a younger sister Élodie Calmels who is the international communication Director for Iberdrola.