Roland Petit

Roland Petit (January 13, 1924) is a French choreographer and dancer born in Villemomble near Paris, France. He trained at the Paris Opéra ballet school, and became well known for his creative ballets, which include:

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January 13 - 1924 - French - Choreographer - Paris, France - Paris Opéra - Ballet

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• Le jeune homme et la mort (english: The Young Man and Death, 1946),
• Les forains (english: The Traveling Players, 1948),
• Carmen (1949),
• Le loup (english: The Wolf, 1953),
• Notre-Dame de Paris (1965),
• Paradise Lost (1967),
• Les amours de Frantz (english: The Loves of Frantz, 1981).

He married Zizi Jeanmaire in 1954, a performer in a number of his works. His memoirs were published in 1993, J'ai dansé sur les flots (English: I Danced on the Waves).

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At his request his mother, Rose Repetto, created in 1947 the world known ballet shoe company Repetto.

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