 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".When Rudolf Nureyev was invited in 1981 to mount his "Don Quixote" for the Paris Opera, he chose Platel to dance the Queen of the Dryads.