Choreographer and dancer who created stunning roles for his wife, Zizi JeanmaireWhen Roland Petit's Les Ballets des Champs Elysées opened its first London season in 1946, the company brought to the British dance scene an explosion of chic and excitement which had long been missing. Not only was the standard of male dancing from Petit and his fellow dancer Jean Babilée better than anything for many years, the enthus…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06PM on May 14, 2018