sylvie guillem

sylvie guillem documentary film

sylvie guillem
diva. rebel. perfectionist. and the most dynamic dancer of her era.
the morning after the night before the world's greatest ballerina, sylvie guillem, is moving like the tin man as she collects a plateful of breakfast pastries in a berlin hotel. she's 42 now, but she says her stiffness isn't much to do with age. nearly every morning of her adult life has been like this. 'It would be nice to wake up and be able to walk to the bathroom,' she says. 'but even when i was 20 and at the paris opera I had to crawl down the stairs; it is only when i start to work and stretch that my body begins to recover again.' ...
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