In 1948, the choreographer left the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées to create the Ballets de Paris, a company which performed at the Théâtre Marigny. Several of Roland Petit’s ballets have pride of place in the Paris Opera Ballet’s repertoire: L’Arlésienne, Carmen, Clavigo, Le Jeune Homme et la Mort, Notre-Dame de Paris, Proust et les Intermittences du cœur, and Le Rendez-vous… From 1967 to 1969, he choreographed pieces in London for Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn at the Royal Ballet: Paradis perdu, Pelléas et Mélisande (Schönberg); he also choreographed Estasi (Scriabine) for Rudolf Nureyev and Luciana Savignano at La Scala in Milan. Roland Petit was born in Villemomble on January 13, 1924. In 1992, Roland Petit received permission from the trustees to expand the educational aspects of his work with the creation of the École Nationale Supérieure de Danse de Marseille in the premises that also hosted the Ballet National de Marseille.

In 1945, with the support of Roger Eudes, Boris Kochno and Irène Lidova, Roland Petit, and the material aid of his father, he created the Ballets des Champs-Élysées: Les Forains, Le Rendez-vous, and soon thereafter Le Jeune homme et la Mort would bring together writers (Boris Kochno, Jacques Prévert and Jean Cocteau), set designers (Christian Bérard, Brassaï, and Georges Wakhévitch) and composers (Henri Sauguet and Joseph Kosma), establishing from the outset a theatrical conception of ballet to which Roland Petit would remain faithful throughout his career.

He then directed Marcel Aymé’s operetta Patron (with music by Guy Béart and sets and costumes by Bernard Buffet) at the Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt (1960) and filmed Black Tights with Moira Shearer, Cyd Charisse and Zizi Jeanmaire in 1960. Roland Petit, (born January 13, 1924, Villemomble, France—died July 10, 2011, Geneva, Switzerland), French dancer and choreographer whose dramatic ballets combined fantasy with elements of contemporary realism. Roland Petit was born in Villemomble on January 13, 1924. In 1965, after numerous tours with the “Ballets de Paris and twenty years after having left the Paris Opera, Roland Petit was invited back to the Palais Garnier to present two new works at the request of the Paris Opera’s administrator Georges Auric: Adages et Variations et Notre-Dame de Paris. Together with Janine Charrat, he presented his first choreographic pieces at the Dance Evenings organised by Irène Lidova. Add a URL for another version of the exact same video.

Despite being a huge success the heavy tax burden forced Roland Petit and Zizi to abandon the enterprise. Il se forme à l'école de ballet de l'Opéra de Paris auprès de Gustave Ricaux et Serge Lifar et entre dans le corps de ballet en 1940. In 1970, he accepted an offer to become dance director of the Paris Opera, but he resigned after just six months. He trained at the Paris Opera Ballet school, and became well known for his creative ballets. Serge Lifar / Roland Petit / Maurice Béjart Opéra Garnier Place de l'Opéra 75009 Paris. Paste this inside your HTML body, where you want to include the widget: Roland Petit, né le 13 janvier 1924 à Villemomble [2], [3] et mort le 10 juillet 2011 à Genève [4], est un chorégraphe et danseur français.

He died in 2011 at the age of 87.

After leading it for 26 years, Roland Petit finally left the Ballet National de Marseille in March 1998, after giving it his final work: Le Lac des cygnes et ses maléfices (Swan Lake and its Evil Spells). Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.... Made a Sujet in 1943, he danced the role of Carmelo in Lifar’s L’Amour sorcier alongside Teresina and Lycette Darsonval. Original, stained glass mosaic in geometric shapes of blue, green, red, orange and purple, accented with amber shell beads and pearl beads. Roland Petit est le fils de Rose Repetto.