Dancer Sylvie Guillem to Be Honoured with Special Award at 2015 Oliviers, April 12

The internationally acclaimed classical and contemporary dancer Sylvie Guillem will be presented with a Special Award at the Olivier Awards 2015 with MasterCard's ceremony on Sunday 12 April at London's Royal Opera House. The award celebrates Guillem's many achievements over the course of her extraordinary 39 year career.

In 1984 Sylvie Guillem became a prima ballerina with the Paris Opera and in 1994 became a Principal Guest Artist with London's Royal Ballet. She has performed all the leading roles of the classical repertoire with the world's leading companies including The Royal Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Kirov Ballet, Tokyo Ballet, Australian Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and La Scala Theatre Ballet, Milan.

In 2003 she was awarded an honorary CBE. This was followed in 2004 with an Olivier Award for Best Dance Production with Broken Fall - a collaboration with fellow Sadler's Wells Associate Artists Russell Maliphant, Michael Nunn and William Trevitt.

She diversified as a dancer into the world of contemporary dance, performing acclaimed works such as PUSH, Sacred Monsters and 6000 miles away.

An Associate Artist at Sadler's Wells since 2006, she announced her retirement from the stage in November 2014.

Sylvie Guillem's final dance programme, Life In Progress, is touring nationally and internationally in 2015.

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