Mireille Favarel
Faculty

Mireille Favarel was born in Toulon, France. After studying at the Centre de Danse International in Cannes, France, Ms. Favarel began her professional career at the age of 17 with the Ballet du Rhin in Strasbourg, France and subsequently joined the Royal Ballet of Flanders in Belgium as a soloist. She later joined the Ballet der Deutsch oper anm Rhein in Düsseldorf, Germany as a soloist and the Ballet du Nord in France as a principal dancer.

Besides appearing with the Ballet du Nord during many of its international tours, Ms. Favarel represented France in the first New York International Ballet Competition, and was invited back to teach and perform in the competition's gala performance for two years after that.

Ms. Favarel joined the Milwaukee Ballet in 1989 as a principal dancer where she performed all the major roles in the company repertoire. The most famous are her interpretation of Swan Lake, Romeo & Juliet, Coppelia, and Giselle. In 1990, Tom Strini from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel named her “Dancer of the Year” for her interpretation of Swan Lake, Serenade, and Coppelia. In May 2000, Ms. Favarel gave her farewell performance performing Jean Paul Comelin’s Mozart’s Requiem and the Dying Swan for the first time. She became Ballet Mistress for the Company in August that same year.

Ms. Favarel is currently Assistant Director of MBII and the principal teacher of the highest level of the Milwaukee Ballet School, Academy II.