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Roland Petit
Sign in to saveFrench ballet dancer and choreographer (1924–2011)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1924
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Ballets des Champs-Élysées
- J'ai dansé sur les flots
- Temps liés avec Noureev
- Transformation for Life
- Roland Petit
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Film & TV
Villemonble, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Roland Petit (13 January 1924 – 10 July 2011) was a French ballet company director, choreographer and dancer. He trained at the Paris Opera Ballet school, and became well known for his creative ballets. The son of shoe designer Rose Repetto, Petit was born in Villemomble, near Paris. He trained at the Paris Opéra Ballet school under Gustave Ricaux and Serge Lifar and began to dance with the…
Known for
- Dancing Chaplin — Self2011
- Sternstunde Kunst — Self1998
- Champs-Elysées — Self1982
- Carmen — Don José1980
- Irina Kolpakova — Self1978
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self - Main Guest1972
- Great Performances — Self1971
- Samedi soir — Self1971
- Black Tights — Cyrano / The Suitor / Don José1961
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- 513
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Official website
Roland Petit - Bienvenue sur le site officiel de Roland Petit - danseur, chorégraphe /
Roland Petit est le fils de Rose Repetto. Il se forme à l'école de ballet de l'Opéra de Paris auprès de Gustave Ricaux et Serge Lifar et entre dans le corps de ballet en 1940. Il fonde les Ballets des Champs-Élysées en 1945 et les Ballets de Paris en 1948, au Théâtre Marigny, avec Zizi Jeanmaire comme danseuse étoile, qui devient son épouse en 1954, et avec laquelle il a une fille Valentine Petit.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roland
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Villemomble
- Place of death
- Geneva
- Spouse
- Zizi Jeanmaire
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- Paris Opera Ballet School
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Charles Dullin
- Official website
- www.roland-petit.fr
- Image
- RolandPetit09.jpg
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- cause of death
- leukemia
- date of birth
- 1924-01-13
- date of death
- 2011-07-10
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Roland Petit
- name in native language
- Roland Petit
- start of work period
- 1945-00-00
- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- birth name
- Roland Jean Petit
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