Marc Ribaud is a French dancer, choreographer and ballet master born in Nice on July 5, 1966.
He studied dance at the Princess Grace Academy in Monaco under the direction of Marika Besobrasova and in 1985 won the Prix de Lausanne.
The following year, he was hired by the Bonn Opera Ballet directed by Peter Van Dijk. He then became a soloist at the Ballets de Bâle then in Düsseldorf.
In 1997, he was appointed director of the Ballet de l’Opéra de Nice, which he led for nine years, where he produced many pieces such as The Nutcracker, La Fille mal gardée, Romeo and Juliet, Ravel’s Boléro, Cinderella …
In 2008, he was appointed head of the Royal Swedish Ballet for three years, then became a freelance teacher and choreographer, working regularly with many prestigious companies, including the Stuttgart Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater, the Royal Swedish Ballet, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, the Norwegian National Ballet, the National Ballet of Finland, among others.
