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Roland Petit (13 January 1924 – 10 July 2011) was a French ballet company director, choreographer and dancer. He trained at the Paris Opera Ballet school, and b

Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux (born 9 April 1943, in Bourg en Bresse, France) is a French ballet dancer and instructor. He is currently the artistic director at the Cha

Patrick Dupond (14 March 1959 – 5 March 2021) was a French ballet dancer and artistic director. He made a name for himself in 1976 when he won the gold medal a

Marie-Claude Georgette Yvonne Pietragalla (born 2 February 1963 in Paris) is a French dancer and choreographer. Pietragalla was born in Paris to a Coriscan fat

Benjamin Millepied is a French dancer and choreographer. He joined the New York City Ballet in 1995, becoming a soloist in 1998 and a principal in 2002. He chor

Alexia Barlier is a French actress born in Paris, France. She was raised in a bilingual environment, speaking both French and English at home. Her parents are a

Alessandra Martines (born 19 September 1963) is an Italian French dancer and actress mainly working in the English-, French-, and Italian-speaking worlds. She s

Patricia Porrasse (born 16 March 1946), known professionally as Guesch Patti, is a French singer. Patti was born in Paris, France. She chose her artist name, G

Michel Colombier (23 May 1939 – 14 November 2004) was a French composer, arranger, and conductor. Colombier wrote the scores of several motion pictures and TV

Odette Joyeux (5 December 1914 – 26 August 2000) was a French actress, playwright and novelist. She was born in Paris, where she studied dance at the Paris Ope

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Odile Versois (born Étiennette de Poliakoff-Baydaroff; 15 June 1930 – 23 June 1980) was a French actress who appeared in 47 film and television productions betw

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Mallie is an actor and dancer currently pursuing a Zoology degree at SUNY Oswego. Her arts career started in theatre, where she played roles such as Adelaide i

Marthe Keller (born 28 January 1945; Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss actress and opera director. She studied ballet as a child, but stopped after a skiing accide

Lina El Arabi is a French actress born on August 11, 1995, in Choisy-le-Roi, Val-de-Marne, France. Her parents are of Moroccan descent. She began taking ballet