François-Eloi Lavignac

© Andreas Jakwerth

François-Eloi Lavignac was born in Limoges and received his training at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris and at the English National Ballet School in London. From 2013 to 2020, he danced with the Australian Ballet and was appointed Coryphée in 2016. He appeared as Stanislaw in John Neumeier’s »Nijinsky«, in Stanton Welch’s »La Bayadère« and Peter Wright’s »The Nutcracker« as well as in William Forsythe’s »In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated« and Jiří Kylián’s »Six Dances«. Since the 2020/21 season he has been a demi-soloist with the Vienna State Ballet. His Viennese repertoire comprises Widow Simone in Frederick Ashton's »La Fille mal gardée«, Catalabutte in Martin Schläpfer's »The Sleeping Beauty«, Sancho Panza in Rudolf Nureyevʼs »Don Quixote«, Coppélius in Pierre Lacotteʼs »Coppélia«, Neapolitan Dance (soloist) in Rudolf Nureyevʼs »Swan Lake« as well as parts in Jerome Robbins' »Glass Pieces« and »The Concert«, George Balanchine's »Jewels«, »Symphony in Three Movements« and und »Symphony in C«, John Cranko's »Onegin«, Lucinda Childsʼ »Concerto«, Andrey Kaydanovskiy's »lux umbra«, Merce Cunningham's »Duets«, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's »Große Fuge«, Paul Taylorʼs »Promethean Fire«, Heinz Spoerliʼs »Goldberg-Variationen«, Pierre Lacotteʼs »Coppélia«, Hans van Manenʼs »Concertante«, William Forsytheʼs »In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated«, John Neumeierʼs »Lady of the camellias« and in works by Martin Schläpfer such as »4« und »Sinfonie Nr. 15«. For »Plattform Choreographie« of the Vienna State Ballet in June 2022 he created »train« to the commissioned composition »AC 3-phase Induction« by Edoardo Robert Elliot after Franz Schubert's »Der Tod und das Mädchen«.

Performances with François-Eloi Lavignac

Saison 2024-25
Mon
23 Dec
19:00 — 22:30
Martin Schläpfer, Marius Petipa
Ballett Main Stage

with Ketevan Papava, Eno Peci, Hyo-Jung Kang, Marcos Menha, Alaia Rogers-Maman, Claudine Schoch, Conductor: Robert  Reimer

Dornröschen

Cast at Monday 23. December 2024

Die Königin

Der König

Prinzessin Aurora

Hyo-Jung Kang * *instead of Sonia Dvořák

Prinz Désiré

Marcos Menha * *instead of Davide Dato

La Fée des Lilas

Alaia Rogers-Maman * *instead of Alice Firenze

Der Blaue Vogel

Prinzessin Florine

Die Waldfrau

Musikalische Leitung

Musik

Piotr I. Tschaikowski & Toshio Hosokawa

Choreographie

Marius Petipa

Licht & Video

Dramaturgie

Change of cast on this date
Available tickets

Monday 23. December 2024

Area 1 199 €
Area 1

199 €

Area 2 159 €
Area 2

159 €

Area 3 129 €
Area 3

129 €

Area 4 94 €
Area 4

94 €

Area 5 69 €
Area 5

69 €

Area 6 47 €
Area 6

47 €

Area 7 34 €
Area 7

34 €

Area 8 23 €
Area 8

23 €

Area 9 13 €
Area 9

13 €

Standing room
Standing room

BT-Card Ö1 U27
Fri
27 Dec
18:30 — 22:00
Marius Petipa, Martin Schläpfer
Ballett Main Stage

with Ketevan Papava, Eno Peci, Hyo-Jung Kang, Marcos Menha, Alaia Rogers-Maman, Claudine Schoch, Conductor: Robert  Reimer

Dornröschen

Cast at Friday 27. December 2024

Die Königin

Der König

Prinzessin Aurora

Hyo-Jung Kang * *instead of Sonia Dvořák

Prinz Désiré

Marcos Menha * *instead of Davide Dato

La Fée des Lilas

Alaia Rogers-Maman * *instead of Alice Firenze

Der Blaue Vogel

Prinzessin Florine

Die Waldfrau

Musikalische Leitung

Musik

Piotr I. Tschaikowski & Toshio Hosokawa

Choreographie

Marius Petipa

Licht & Video

Dramaturgie

Change of cast on this date
Available tickets

Friday 27. December 2024

Area 1 199 €
Area 1

199 €

Area 2 159 €
Area 2

159 €

Area 3 129 €
Area 3

129 €

Area 4 94 €
Area 4

94 €

Area 5 69 €
Area 5

69 €

Area 6 47 €
Area 6

47 €

Area 7 34 €
Area 7

34 €

Area 8 23 €
Area 8

23 €

Area 9 13 €
Area 9

13 €

Standing room
Standing room

Ö1 U27
Fri
03 Jan
18:30 — 22:00
Martin Schläpfer, Marius Petipa
Ballett Main Stage

with Kiyoka Hashimoto, Alexey Popov, Elena Bottaro, Timoor Afshar, Alaia Rogers-Maman, Gala Jovanovic, Conductor: Robert  Reimer

Dornröschen

Cast at Friday 3. January 2025

Die Königin

Der König

Prinzessin Aurora

Elena Bottaro * *instead of Sonia Dvořák

Prinz Désiré

Timoor Afshar * *instead of Davide Dato

La Fée des Lilas

Der Blaue Vogel

Prinzessin Florine

Die Waldfrau

Musikalische Leitung

Musik

Piotr I. Tschaikowski & Toshio Hosokawa

Choreographie

Marius Petipa

Licht & Video

Dramaturgie

Change of cast on this date
Available tickets

Friday 3. January 2025

Area 1 199 €
Area 1

199 €

Area 2 159 €
Area 2

159 €

Area 3 129 €
Area 3

129 €

Area 4 94 €
Area 4

94 €

Area 5 69 €
Area 5

69 €

Area 6 47 €
Area 6

47 €

Area 7 34 €
Area 7

34 €

Area 8 23 €
Area 8

23 €

Area 9 13 €
Area 9

13 €

Standing room
Standing room

Ö1 U27
Sun
05 Jan
19:00 — 22:30
Martin Schläpfer, Marius Petipa
Ballett Main Stage

with Kiyoka Hashimoto, Alexey Popov, Elena Bottaro, Timoor Afshar, Alaia Rogers-Maman, Gala Jovanovic, Conductor: Robert  Reimer

Dornröschen

Cast at Sunday 5. January 2025

Die Königin

Der König

Prinzessin Aurora

Elena Bottaro * *instead of Sonia Dvořák

Prinz Désiré

Timoor Afshar * *instead of Davide Dato

La Fée des Lilas

Der Blaue Vogel

Prinzessin Florine

Die Waldfrau

Musikalische Leitung

Musik

Piotr I. Tschaikowski & Toshio Hosokawa

Choreographie

Marius Petipa

Licht & Video

Dramaturgie

Change of cast on this date
Available tickets

Sunday 5. January 2025

Area 1 199 €
Area 1

199 €

Area 2 159 €
Area 2

159 €

Area 3 129 €
Area 3

129 €

Area 4 94 €
Area 4

94 €

Area 5 69 €
Area 5

69 €

Area 6 47 €
Area 6

47 €

Area 7 34 €
Area 7

34 €

Area 8 23 €
Area 8

23 €

Area 9 13 €
Area 9

13 €

Standing room
Standing room

Ö1 U27