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Roland Petit (1924-2011) was a French ballet director, choreographer and dancer. He created more than 50 ballets across all genres, collaborated with many artists and composed his memoirs in 1993.
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.
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 was a renowned French choreographer who created the Ballets de Paris and the Ballet National de Marseille. He collaborated with many artists and composed works for the Paris Opera, the Royal Ballet, La Scala and other venues.
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...
Roland Petit was born in Villemomble, and entered the Paris Opera’s Ballet School in 1933. He joined the Corps de ballet in 1940 and rose through the ranks to become a Sujet there. He left the House in 1944 to devote himself to choreography.
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.
