by Julia Rosica | Aug 21, 2019 | TBT
Updated on 8/5/2020 French ballerina Zizi Jeanmaire first gained fame when she premiered the titular title role in Roland Petit’s Carmen in 1949, opposite Petit as Carmen’s lover Don José. With her famously cropped hair (and cropped tutu!),...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Apr 20, 2016 | Company Life
I can’t decide what’s more impressive in this 1996 clip of Roland Petit’s Notre Dame de Paris. Is it the Frenchman’s choreography, which evokes the complex relationship between the gypsy-turned-damsel and her unlikely hero? Or is it the two...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Choreographer Roland Petit was for years the ballet world’s master of theatrical showmanship. Bolstered by rich, beautifully designed costumes and decor, his works oozed sensual style. Yet even stripped of all that pageantry, his choreography retains an electric...
by Pointe Magazine | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
In English, “le jeune homme et la mort” translates to “the young man and death.” There’s no missing the somber tone in this clip of Roland Petit’s short ballet. As the young man, Rudolf Nureyev dances in a reverie to the melancholic...