Yves Boutieller
Yves de Bouteiller studied ballet for eight years at the Dance Academy of Marie-Laure Medova in Toulouse, France and subsequently studied with Raymond Franchetti and Robert Bestonso in Paris, and with Rosella Hightower at the International Dance Center in Cannes.
In 1979, Mr. de Bouteiller began his professional career with the Ballet du Rhin in Strasbourg, France. In 1981 he joined Bejart's Ballet of the 20th Century as a soloist and danced soloist roles in Bejart's Wien Wien Nur Du Allein, Light, Eros Thanatos, Thalassa Mare Nostrum, and Danses Greques, and Jan Nuyt's Pas de Quatre.
In 1983, Mr. de Bouteiller joined the Royal Ballet of Flanders as a soloist and expanded his repertoire to include the Pas de Trois in Frederick Ashton's Les Rendezvous, the Leader in Aime de Lignere's Prodigal Son and the principal male role in George Balanchine's Allegro Brillante. In 1984, Mr. de Bouteiller joined the Ballet der Deutsch Oper am Rhein in Dusseldorf, West Germany as a soloist and added to his repertoire principal and soloist roles in Roland Petit's La Mer, and Heinz Spoerli's La Fille Mal Gardee, and Coppelia.
Mr. de Bouteiller joined Ballet du Nord as a principal dancer in 1986. He expanded his Balanchine repertoire to include principal roles in Scotch Symphony, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, Theme and Variations, Tarantella, Agon, The Four Temperaments, Who Cares?, Serenade, Variations Pour Une Porte Et Un Soupir, Square Dance, Donizetti Variations, Rubies, and the Harlequin in La Sonnambula. He has also danced the role of Franz in Alfonso Cata's production of Coppelia, created the role of Bacchus in Andre Prokovsky's Bacchus Et Ariane, and has danced principal roles in John Taras' Piege de Lumiere, William Dollar's Constantia, John Clifford's Fantaisies and Glen Miller Time, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux's Concerto, Thierry Malendain's L'Amour Sorcier, Vincente Nebrada's Percussion for Six Men, and Jean-Paul Comelin's Nuits d'Ete and Mozart Requiem.
Besides appearing with Ballet du Nord on its many international tours, in 1984, Mr. de Bouteiller participated in the first New York International Ballet competition, representing France, and in 1987 and 1990, he appeared as a guest artist in the Competition's gala performance.
In 1989 Mr. de Bouteiller joined the Milwaukee Ballet as a principal dancer and expanded his repertoire to include the roles of Albrecht in Giselle, the Prince in Jean-Paul Comelin's The Nutcracker, Franz in Enrique Martinez's production of Coppelia, Prince Siegfried in Martinez's production of Swan Lake, the Jester in Comelin's Cinderella, Oberon and Puck in Bruce Wells' A Midsummer Night's Dream, and principal roles in Comelin's Dance Symphony, John Butler's Carmina Burana, Balanchine's Stars and Stripes and Serenade, Dane LaFontsee's Underlight, Gerald Arpino's Confetti, Alvin Ailey's The River, and Bruce Wells' Imperial Dances.
Mr. de Bouteiller left the Milwaukee Ballet in 1992 to pursue a career as a freelance guest artist, master teacher and coach.
Mr. de Bouteiller has appeared as a guest artist in the Lake Erie Ballet's production of The Nutcracker, La Fille Mal Gardee, and Jeff Satinoff's Symphony No. 1. Mr. de Bouteiller has also appeared as a guest artist in the Radford University Ballet's productions of The Nutcracker and Coppelia, and the Brighton City Ballet's The Nutcracker.
Mr. de Bouteiller was artistic director and principal dancer of a concert group, "Et toi, tu danses?" (renamed Ballet Wisconsin in 1998) which included dancers from the Milwaukee Ballet. Mr. de Bouteiller choreographed The Little Prince and Alice in Wonderland for "Et toi, tu danses?" which has toured extensively throughout the Midwest. Other works he choreographed for "Et toi, tu Danses?" include Buscandote, Time Lapse, Encounter, Hopscotch, Spell (a solo created for Valerie Robin), and Romeo and Juliet. Mr. de Bouteiller has also participated in the Carlisle Project, a workshop for choreographers.
During the 1996-97 season Mr. de Bouteiller restaged his Alice in Wonderland for the Charleston Ballet and also appeared in this production as a guest artist. Alice in Wonderland is also in the repertoire of Ballet New England. In 2005 Mr. de Bouteiller choreographed a new production of Romeo and Juliet for Festival Ballet Providence.
In 1999 Mr. de Bouteiller was appointed artistic director the Channel Islands Ballet in California, a position he had assumed concurrently with the directorship of Ballet Wisconsin. From 2001-03 Mr. de Bouteiller assumed the position of artistic director of the Channel Islands Ballet on a full-time basis.
In 2000 Mr. de Bouteiller was on the guest faculty for the Vail International Dance Festival's Summer Program. In 2006 Mr. de Bouteiller was on the faculty of the Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet's Summer Program.