Background
Petit, Roland was born on January 13, 1924 in Villemomble, France. Son of Edmond and Victoria (Repetto) Petit.
Petit, Roland was born on January 13, 1924 in Villemomble, France. Son of Edmond and Victoria (Repetto) Petit.
Student, Paris Opera Ballet School.
Premier danseur Paris Opera, 1940—1944. Founder Les Vendredis de la Danse, 1944, Les Ballets de Champs-Elysees, 1945, Les Ballets de Paris, 1948. Director Paris Opera Ballet, 1970.
Founder, artistic director Les Ballets de Marseilles (Le Ballet National de Marseille Roland Petit, 1981), since 1972.
Dancer Le Rossignol et la Rose, Le Jeune Homme et la Mort, Les Demoiseiles de la Nuit, Deuil en Vingtquatre Heures, Le Loup, Cyrano de Bergerac, Carmen, Les Forains, La Belle au Bois Dormant, Hans Christian Andersen, Folies Bergeres, L'Eloge de la Folie, Paradise Lost, Pelleas et Melisande, Les Intermittences du Coeur, 1974, La Symphone Fantastique, 1975, Die Fledermaus, 1980, Soiree Debussy, 1985, Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer, 1985, Chaplin Dances, 1991, Camera Obscura, 1994, Otto Dix, 1995, Cheri, 1996. Actor: (films) Hollywood, 1950-1952.
Married Zizi Jeanmaire in 1954.