Bernice Coppieters

She danced as an étoile at Les Ballets de Monte Carlo and is a long time collaborator of Jean-Christophe Maillot.

[1][2][3] She is now the principal ballet master at the company and has staged Maillot's productions worldwide.

[4] Born in Dendermonde, Belgium, Coppieters started training at the Antwerp Institute of Ballet in 1980.

She joined the Ballets de Monte-Carlo in 1991, and began a creative relationship with Jean-Christophe Maillot, which lasted almost 30 years.

She has staged Maillot's productions in Sweden, Germany, Austria, South Korea, U.S., Czech Republic and Belgium.