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Pierre Lacotte was born on 4 April, 1932 in Chatou, France, is a French ballet dancer and choreographer (1932–2023). Discover Pierre Lacotte's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?

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Occupation Ballet dancer ballet teacher choreographer company director
Age 91 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 4 April, 1932
Birthday 4 April
Birthplace Chatou, France
Date of death 10 April, 2023
Died Place La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
Nationality Oman

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His wife is Ghislaine Thesmar (m. 1968)

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1832

The following year, he reconstructed Filippo Taglioni's La Sylphide, originally made for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1832, based on historical documents.

The reconstruction was first seen in French television, with Thesmar in the titular role.

This was one of the great triumphs in Lacotte's career, and he was soon invited to mount the production at the Paris Opera Ballet.

He would later also stage the production across the world.

1844

He reconstructed Saint-Léon's pas de six from La Vivandière (1844) for Opéra-Comique, Filippo Taglioni's La fille du Danube (1836) for Teatro Colón.

1860

The following year, he remounted Marie Taglioni's only ballet, Le Papillon (1860).

These two works also marked Lacotte's final stage appearances.

1932

Pierre Lacotte (4 April 1932 – 10 April 2023) was a French ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, and company director.

He specialised in the reconstruction of lost choreographies of romantic ballets.

Lacotte was born on 4 April 1932, his mother was a musician.

As a child, he was interested in dance, and his family reluctantly allowed him to train under Gustave Ricaux.

1942

In 1942, he entered the Paris Opera Ballet School, where he was taught by Ricaux, Serge Lifar, and Carlotta Zambelli.

He also received private training with Lyubox Yegorova, Rousanne Sarkissian, and Nicolas Zverev.

1946

He graduated in 1946.

Lacotte joined the Paris Opera Ballet in 1946.

1950

In 1950, he originated a major role in Lifar's Septuor.

1953

He rose through the ranks, reaching the position of premier danseur in 1953.

1954

In 1954, he choreographed his first major work, La Nuit Est une Sorcière, to music by Sidney Bechet, for Belgian television.

The following year, hoping to pursue a career in choreography, he left the Paris Opera Ballet and formed his own company, Les Ballets de la Tour Eiffel.

1956

Between 1956 and 1957, he was a principal dancer with Metropolitan Opera Ballet in New York.

He then returned to Europe to perform with various troupes as a guest artist.

1959

Following a serious injury in 1959, he reestablished Les Ballets de la Tour Eiffel.

1961

In 1961, he assisted Rudolf Nureyev's defection from the Soviet Union to the West.

1963

Between 1963 and 1968, Lacotte served as the director of the newly founded Ballet National Jeunesses Musicales de France, where he also danced and choreographed.

Many of his ballets created there starred Ghislaine Thesmar, the company's ballerina and later his wife.

Several of his works during this time were televised.

1966

In 1966, Lacotte also guest choreographed at Ballet Rambert in London, where he created Intermede and Numeros.

1970

In 1970, Lacotte made his first attempt at reconstructing choreography based on historical record, a pas de deux from Donizetti's 1840 opera La favorite, for a production of the opera at Teatro La Fenice, Venice.

By the mid-1970s, Lacotte became a leading authority in nineteenth-century ballets.

1972

He also began teaching at the Paris Opera Ballet School in 1972.

1975

In 1975, for the Paris Opera Ballet, Lacotte revived the ballet Coppélia with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon, which had not been seen at the Opera since 1870.

1978

In 1978, he mounted a production of Giselle for Ballet du Rhin, based on the original 1841 production choreographed by Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli, and a 1884 production by Marius Petipa.

1979

In 1979, Lacotte worked as a guest artist in Russia, bringing La Sylphide to the Novosibirsk Ballet, and Le Papillon, La Vivandière, and "La Cachucha" from Le Diable boiteux to Kirov Ballet.

1981

In 1981, he mounted Joseph Mazilier Marco Spada for the Rome Opera Ballet.

1985

In 1985, Lacotte and Thesmar were invited by the royal family of Monaco to revive Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo.

1987

In 1987, he revived Taglioni's Ballet of the Nuns from Meyerbeer's opera Robert le diable (1831).

1988

The two served as joint directors until 1988, and Lacotte staged some of his works there.

Lacotte then became the director of the opera ballet in Verona, Italy.

1991

He returned to France in 1991 to serve as the artistic director of Ballet National de Nancy et de Lorraine, succeeding Patrick Dupond.

1993

In 1993, he reconstructed Taglioni's L'Ombre there.