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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.
Jul 6, 2024 · Roland Petit was a French dancer and choreographer whose dramatic ballets combined fantasy with elements of contemporary realism. Trained at the Paris Opéra Ballet school, he joined the company in 1940 but left in 1944 to create and perform his own works at the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, in Paris.
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Learn about the life and career of Roland Petit, a renowned French choreographer who created the Ballets de Paris and the Ballet National de Marseille. Discover his works, collaborations, influences and achievements in ballet, theatre and film.
May 26, 2021 · Petit is a clear, effective dance storyteller partly because he doesn’t muddy the waters with complex characterization or relationships; instead, he distills narrative to its essentials, often...
Roland Petit, né le 13 janvier 1924 à Villemomble 2, 3 et mort le 10 juillet 2011 4 à Genève 5, est un chorégraphe et danseur français . Biographie. Aîné de la famille, Roland Petit est le fils d'Edmond Petit et de Rose Repetto, créatrice de la marque de chaussons de danse. Son frère est Claude Petit.
- Chorégraphe et danseur
- 13 janvier 1924Villemomble ( France)
- 10 juillet 2011 (à 87 ans)Genève ( Suisse)
- Danse moderneStyle néoclassique
Jul 11, 2011 · Roland Petit, France’s leading choreographer after World War II, who swept away time-honored ballet taboos and whose mix of entertainment and art also made his work popular in Hollywood,...
Aug 25, 2021 · Excerpts from Coppélia Ballet by Roland Petit performed at New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT) on the 8th of May 2021. The full-length of this performance was live-streamed via YouTube and The...
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