Marie-Claude Pietragalla
Biography
Marie-Claude Pietragalla was born in Paris to a Corsican father and mother from Bordeaux in 1963. At 16, she joined the Ballet de l'Opera National de Paris, becoming an étoile on December 22, 1990, after her iconic performance of Kitri in Don Quixote. She later led the National Ballet of Marseille for five years before stepping down due to a conflict with dancers and staff, and has since run her own company, Pietragalla Company.