Yvette Chauviré, French prima ballerina, dies aged 99 at home in Paris by Kim Willsher In Paris

Child prodigy who danced with legends including Rudolf Nureyev regarded as one of France's greatest ever classical dancers Yvette Chauviré, a grande dame of French ballet, has died at the age of 99 at her home in Paris.A child prodigy who became one of the 20th century's most dazzling prima ballerinas, Chauviré was acclaimed as the quintessence of classical French dance from the 1940s to 1960s. Continue reading...

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