Stéphane Bullion

Stéphane Bullion (born 8 April 1980) is a retired French Étoile dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet.

Born in Lyon, Bullion started dance lessons at the age of eleven and entered the Paris Opera Ballet School at fourteen (1994). He joined the corps de ballet in 1997. During his school years, he danced twice at the school annual performance (1996 and 1997), in Serge Lifar's Le Chevalier et la demoiselle and George Balanchine's Western Symphony. He became a Coryphée in 2001, Sujet in 2002 and Premier danseur in 2007.

He was appointed Étoile, the highest rank in the company, in 2010, after his performance as Solor in Rudolf Nureyev's version of La Bayadère. Bullion officially retired from the Paris Opera Ballet after a performance of Mats Ek's Another Place on 4 June 2022.

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