La Sylphide
In 1981 Platel started to prepare her first great classical ballet, "La Sylphide" with Pierre Lacotte, her former teacher. La Sylphide, this landmark work from 1832 which introduced romanticism in ballet and made Marie Taglioni a world-famous ballerina, became one of Platel's signature roles during her career at the Paris Opera. In that same year she also learned and danced the leading roles in "Swan Lake", "Paquita", and "Giselle". At the issue of her debut as Giselle on 23 December 1981 she was nominated "étoile".