Roland Petit presents three premieres at the Paris Opera.

From: Dance Magazine | Date: March 1, 1994| Author: Merrill, Bruce | Copyright information

Choreographer Roland Petit is celebrating his 70th birthday with the premieres of three new works for the Paris Opera Ballet. Their performances will take place Mar 9-22, 1994. The works include 'Passacaille,' Rythme de Valses' and 'Camera Obscura: L'Amour est Aveugle.'

PARIS--Few French choreographers have been as productive and have exerted as much influence on twentieth-century French ballet as Roland Petit, who celebrated his seventieth birthday January 13. To commemorate the...

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