Zizi jeanmaire dances roland petit biography

          She was the wife of dancer and choreographer Roland Petit, who created ballets and revues for her..

          Roland Petit

          French ballet dancer and choreographer (1924–2011)

          Roland Petit

          Petit in 2009

          Born13 January 1924

          Villemomble, France

          Died10 July 2011(2011-07-10) (aged 87)

          Geneva, Switzerland

          Citizenship
          Alma materParis Opéra Ballet
          Occupation(s)Dancer and choreographer
          Years active1945–2011
          Spouse
          AwardsPrix Benois de la Danse
          Websitewww.roland-petit.fr

          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.

          Roland Petit was a French dancer and choreographer whose dramatic ballets combined fantasy with elements of contemporary realism.

        1. Roland Petit was a French dancer and choreographer whose dramatic ballets combined fantasy with elements of contemporary realism.
        2. Personal life.
        3. She was the wife of dancer and choreographer Roland Petit, who created ballets and revues for her.
        4. Zizi (Renée) Jeanmaire, a supple dancer and chanteuse who bridged the gap between classical ballet and popular revues, died in Switzerland at 96 last Friday.
        5. Roland Petit was born in Villemomble on January 13, In , he entered the Paris Opera Ballet School, where he received lessons from Gustave Ricaux.

          6. Life and work

          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 corps de ballet in 1940.

          He founded the Ballets des Champs-Élysées in 1945 and the Ballets de Paris in 1948, at Théâtre Marigny, with