Emmanuel Thibault

Emmanuel Thibault (born 1974) is a French ballet dancer who danced with the Paris Opera from 1990 to 2017.

After early studies with Max Bozzoni, he was admitted to the Paris Opera Ballet School and was educated there.

At the age of fifteen, Thibault joined the Paris Opera, thereupon becoming a student of the ballerina Noëlla Pontois, with whom he continues to work to this day. Appointed Soloist (sujet) at the age of seventeen, he was appointed Principal (premier danseur) following the Internal Promotion Contest (Concours interne de promotion) on December 23, 2004.

Since 2004, Thibault has been working closely with the première danseuse Myriam Ould-Braham, and has danced with her all over Europe.