Claude Bessy

Claude Bessy

Claude Bessy (born in Paris, 20 October 1932) is a French ballerina, ballet master of the Paris Opera Ballet (1970–1971) and director of the Paris Opera Ballet School (1972–2004). Bessy trained at the Paris Opera Ballet School from the age of ten, the youngest student ever admitted, and joined the Paris Opera Ballet at age 13, the youngest danseuse ever admitted. In 1956, she was promoted to étoile, the Ballet's highest rank. Bessy was closely associated with Serge Lifar and created leading roles in his 1951 Snow White, 1955 Noces fantastiques and 1958 Daphnis and Chloe. She worked with John Cranko, who made his 1955 La Belle Hêlène on her, and George Skibine, who made a second Daphnis and Chloe on Bessy in 1959. Bessy was featured in Gene Kelly's film Invitation to the Dance (1956), and four years later he created Pas de dieux at the Paris Opera for her. She also made many television appearances. Bessy has staged ballets for the Comédie Française and Opéra Comique, dances for the musical My Fair Lady (1984) and continues to stage the ballets of Lifar throughout Europe. As director of the Paris Opera Ballet School, she introduced profound reforms to the teaching regime which led to the birth of a new generation of highly technical dancers like Sylvie Guillem, Patrick Dupond, Élisabeth Platel, Marie-Claude Pietragalla, and succeeded in organising the construction of a new school building in Nanterre inaugurated in 1987. Bessy was named to France's Ordre national du Mérite (dignity of the Grand Cross, its highest class), in 2009. Source: Article "Claude Bessy (dancer)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title : Claude Bessy
  • Popularity : 1.428
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1932-10-21
  • Place of Birth : Paris, France
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  • Also Known As : Claude Jeanne Andrée Durand
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Claude Bessy Movies

  • 1973
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    Maître Bolbec et son mari

    Maître Bolbec et son mari

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1956
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    Invitation to the Dance

    Invitation to the Dance

    6.1 1956 HD

    Three completely different stories are told through dance.

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  • 1950
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    Dream Ballerina

    Dream Ballerina

    4 1950 HD

    A young dancer, disappointed with her debut on stage, has three dreams: fame in dancing at the Paris Opera, wealth through her marriage to an...

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  • 1957
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    A Night in the Balearics

    A Night in the Balearics

    4 1957 HD

    Mrs. Vargas has decided that her daughter Alma will marry Duke Pablo Dominguez, a good match for her, but not to the young lady's taste. Knowing that...

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  • 1958
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    Vive les vacances

    Vive les vacances

    1 1958 HD

    Roger and Jeannot, two jolly good fellows, are workers in a car factory. When the summer holidays come they merrily mount their scooter and head for...

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  • 1957
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    Ballet terrain vague

    Ballet terrain vague

    1 1957 HD

    Short film based upon a ballet by Yves Bonnat & Françoise Adret

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1971
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    Cadet Rousselle

    Cadet Rousselle

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

    6 1971 HD

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  • 1977
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    Fan School

    Fan School

    6.5 1977 HD

    Host Jacques Martin invites different talented children from various backgrounds to showcase their beautiful voices. The participants entertain and...

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  • 1959
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    Discorama

    Discorama

    1 1959 HD

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