Andrée Marlière is a Belgian ballet dancer and painter.

Ballet education

She started her ballet education at the age of eight with Monique Querida, danseuse étoile at the Monnaie Theatre in Brussels, and with Mina Del Fa, soliste at the Scala of Milan. Perfection courses were followed with Victor Gsovsky and Mrs Rosanne in Paris.
From 1948 to 1950 she took classes at the Sadler's Wells Ballet School in London with John Field and Ninette de Valois.

Ballet career

At the age of 12 she performed with André Leclair at the Gala Querida in the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels. In 1950 she performed in Florence with the Maggio Musicale Florentino. From 1950-1951 she was part of the corps de ballet of the Théatre de la Monnaie and from 1951-1957 she was soliste at the Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp.

In 1957 she left for Berlin. This was the beginning of her international career which led her to:

• the Berliner Ballet (first dancer, 1957-1958),
• the Jean Babilée
  Jean Babilée
  Jean Babilée is a prominent French dancer and choreographer of the latter half of the 20th century. He is considered to be one of modern ballet's greatest performers, and the first French dancer to gain international acclaim...
  
   company (first soliste, 1958-1959),
• the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas (soliste, 1959),
• The Ballet de la Monnaie and the Ballet du XXième Siecle (first soliste, 1959-1964)
• and the ballet group of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf (danseuse étoile, 1964-1966).

With these companies she did several international tours. In 1966 she returned to Antwerp to the Royal Flemish Opera Ballet (danseuse étoile, 1966-1970). To conclude her performing dancing career she was active for one season as danseuse étoile for the Ballet van Vlaanderen (1970-1971).

She did several television appearances.

Performances

Andrée Marlière performed in the following ballets during her international career: Ballet - Choreographer - Composer

Royal Flemish Opera (1951 - 1957)

Namouna (Suite en Blanc) - Jacques Milliand - Édouard Lalo

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Chout

Chout

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- Jacques Milliand - Sergei Prokofiev

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De duivel in het dorp - Jacques Milliand - Fran Lotka

Vlaamse dansen - Jeanne Brabants - Jan Blockx

Judith - Jacques Milliand - Renier van der Velden

Serenade - Jacques Milliand - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

De Vuurvogel - Jacques Milliand - Igor Stravinsky

and in several operas: Faust, Carmen, Prince Igor

Berliner Ballet (1957-1959)

Hamlet - Tatjana Gsovsky - Boris Blacher

Kapittel IV - Tatjana Gsovsky - Peter Sandhoff

Orpheo - Tatjana Gsovsky - Franz Liszt

Variaciones Sinfonicas - Tatjana Gsovsky - Robert Schumann

Joan de Zarissa - Tatjana Gsovsky - Werner Egk

Werner Egk

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Rigoletto - Sana Dolsky - Verdi & Liszt

Kleiner Sketch - Pépé Urbani - Darius Milhaud

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La dame aux camélias (replacing Yvette Chauviré) - Tatjana Gsovsky - Henry Sauget

Ballet Jean Babilée (1958-1959)

La boucle - Jean Babilée - Georges Delerue

L’oiseau Bleu - Marius Petipa - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Printemps - Ives Brieux - Alexander Glazunov

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Namouna (Suite en blanc) - Serge Lifar - Édouard Lalo

Balance à trois - Jean Babilée - Jean-Michel Damase

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Balletino - Dick Sanders - Jacques Ibert

Ballet of the XXth Century (1959-1964)

Hoffman’s stories - Maurice Béjart - Jacques Offenbach

Jeux de cartes - Janine Charrat - Igor Stravinsky

Pulcinella - Maurice Béjart - Igor Stravinsky

Les 4 fils Aymon - Maurice Béjart - Ancient music

Haut voltage - Maurice Béjart - Jean-Michel Damase

Concerto - Janine Charrat - Sergei Prokofiev

Orphée - Maurice Béjart - Pierre Henry

Divertimento - Maurice Béjart - Percussion arrangement

Bartok Suite - Milko Sparemblek - Bela Bartok

Demonstration - Assaf Messerer - Classmusic

La Péri - J.J. Etchevery - Paul Dukas

Such a sweet Thunder - Maurice Béjart - Duke Ellington

Deutsche Oper am Rhein (1964-1966)

De Vuurvogel - Erich Walter - Igor Stravinsky

Bach Suite - Erich Walter - J-S. Bach

Petroushka - Erich Walter - Igor Stravinsky

Royal Flemish Opera (1966-1970)

Cinderella - André Leclair - Sergei Prokofiev

De twee duiven - André Leclair - André Messager

Ode - André Leclair - Igor Stravinsky

Pierlala - Jeanne Brabants - Daniël Sternefeld

Pelleas en Melisande - André Leclair - Arnold Schönberg

Concerto di Aranjuez - André Leclair - Joaquin Rodrigo

Orfeus - André Leclair - C.W. van Gluck

Hamlet - André Leclair - Boris Blacher

Effecten - André Leclair - François Glorieux

De fantastische jacht - André Leclair - Raymond Baervoets

La Peri - André Leclair - Paul Dukas

Op zoek naar ... - André Leclair - Louis de Meester

Instructor

After her dancing career she continued as instructor specialised in rebuilding and rehearsing choreographies: (Cage of God, Pas de Six, Opus een, Ain Dor, Allegro Brillante, Kaleidoscoop, After Eden, Brandenburg drie, Cantus Firmus, Dialogue, Peter and the Wolf, Carmina Burana, Sylvia, The three musketeers, ...)

In 1964 she was hired as Classical Repertoire teacher in the Ballet School of the city of Antwerp.
1970 starts her career with the Ballet of Flandres (Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen) where she becomes first 'Maitresse de ballet' and is part of management.

At the Badisches Staatstheater of Karlsruhe (Germany) she is 'Maitresse de ballet' from 1984 - 1989.
From 1989 on she is repertoire teacher at the Antwerp Ballet school.

Coaching

As a coach Andrée Marlière has had the opportunity to be requested by several choreographers to rebuild and rehearse their ballets with different ballet companies.
She studied every dancer's part in the ballet and saw to it that they would be instructed how to perform according to the choreographers expectations. Her expertise in this matter offered her the opportunity to work with multiple ballet companies.

She has rebuilt and rehearsed the following ballets:

Cage of God - J. Carter - Royal Ballet of Flanders

Pas de Six - Bournonville - Royal Ballet of Flanders

Opus een - Kranko - Royal Ballet of Flanders

Ain Dor - Effrati - Royal Ballet of Flanders

Allegro Brillante - Balanchine - Royal Ballet of Flanders

Kaleidoscoop - John Butler - Royal Ballet of Flanders

After Eden - John Butler - Royal Ballet of Flanders

Brandenburger drie - Tscharny - Royal Ballet of Flanders

Cantus Firmus - Jeanne Brabants - Royal Ballet of Flanders

Dialogue - Jeanne Brabants - Royal Ballet of Flanders

Peter and the Wolf - Germinal Casado - Badische Staatsoper Karlsruhe

Carmina Burana - Germinal Casado - Badische Staatsoper Karlsruhe

Sylvia - Germinal Casado - Lodz, Poland

The three musketeers - Germinal Casado - Toulouse, France

Songe d'une nuit d'été - Germinal Casado - Athens, Greece

Whimsicalities - Nils Christe - Conservatoire de la danse, Paris

Cantus - Jeanne Brabants - Antwerp Ballet School

Salvé Antwerpia - Jeanne Brabants - Antwerp Ballet School

Bal des Cadets - after Fokine - Antwerp Ballet School

Paquita after - Marius Petipa - Antwerp Ballet School

Choreographies

Twee harten in driekwartsmaat - Jef Maes

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- 1967 - Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera

Nacht in Venetië - Johann Strauss - 1968 - Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera

Etudes - Robert Stolz - 1970 - Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera

Auftrag - Schostakovitz - 1985 - Badische Staatsoper Karlsruhe

Fanfare - 1992 - Antwerp Ballet School

Dances Roumaines - Romainian Folk music - 1994 - Antwerp Ballet School

Oiseau de Feu - Stravinsky - 2000 - Antwerp Ballet School

Today

In her last years, she retired from the active ballet world and devoted her time to her second passion, paintings.

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