Yvette Chauviré was a French choreographer, ballet dancer and dancer, born in 1917 in 14th arrondissement of Paris, who died in 2016.
Biography
Yvette Chauviré ([i.vɛt ʃo.vi.ʁe]; 22 April 1917 – 19 October 2016) was a French prima ballerina assoluta and actress. She is often described as France's greatest ballerina, and was the mentor of another pair of well-known prima ballerinas named, Sylvie Guillem and Marie-Claude Pietragalla. She was awarded the Légion d'Honneur in 1964.
From the Wikipedia article “Yvette Chauviré”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Contemporaries
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Pierre Sancan
French musician (1916–2008)
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Françoise Adret
French ballet dancer (1920-2018)
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Jacques Lecoq
French drama teacher (1921-1999)
Colette Brosset
French actress (1922-2007)
Jean Françaix
French composer and pianist (1912–1997)
Lycette Darsonval
French dancer (1912–1996)
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Christiane Vaussard
French ballerina
Jean Babilée
French ballet dancer (1923–2014)
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