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Petit, Roland, 1924-2011

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Personal name headingPetit, Roland, 1924-2011
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Birth date1924-01-13
Death date2011-07-10
Place of birthVillemomble (Paris, France)
Place of deathGeneva (Switzerland)
Field of activityBallet Choreography Ballet companies Acting
AffiliationOpéra de Paris. Ecole de danse
Profession or occupationBallet dancers Choreographers Actors
Found inLandowski, M. Les Hauts de Hurlevent [SR] p1982: container (Roland Petit)
LC data base, 3/28/84 (hdg.: Petit, Roland, 1924- )
New York times WWW site, July 11, 2011 (in obituary published July 10: Roland Petit; b. Jan. 13, 1924, Villemomble, near Paris; d. Sunday [July 10, 2011], Geneva, aged 87; France's leading choreographer after World War II, who swept away time-honored ballet taboos and whose mix of entertainment and art also made his work popular in Hollywood)
IMDb, October 26, 2017: (Roland Petit, writer, actor, choreographer ; b. January 13, 1924 in Villemomble, France ; d. July 10, 2011 (age 87) in Geneva, Canton Geneva, Switzerland)
Wikipedia web site, October 26, 2017: (Roland Petit (13 January 1924--10 July 2011) was a French ballet company director, choreographer and dancer. He trained at the Paris Opéra Ballet school, and became well known for his creative ballets)
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