Lycette Darsonval
Illustration — "Die romantische Ballett" (Paris Opera); Leipzig Lycette Darsonval (born Alice Andrée Marie Perron, 12 February 1912 – 1 November 1996) was a French ballet dancer. She visited Noël Corbu in Rennes-le-Château with the artist Jean Raffy Le Persan (1920–2008) during the 1950s.
Lycette Darsonval
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- Full name
- Alice Andrée Marie Perron.
- Born
- 1912 · Coutances.
- Died
- 1996 · Saint-Lô.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- actress · ballet dancer · choreographer
- Teachers
- Rosita Cérès
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — "Die romantische Ballett" (Paris Opera); Leipzig Lycette Darsonval (born Alice Andrée Marie Perron, 12 February 1912 – 1 November 1996) was a French ballet dancer. She visited Noël Corbu in Rennes-le-Château with the artist Jean Raffy Le Persan (1920–2008) during the 1950s.
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Lycette Darsonval is the half-sister of dancer Serge Perrault. Dancer in the street in Montmartre, she was spotted and entered the Paris Opera at the age of 23, where, a pupil of Nicola Guerra, she became one of the most prominent performers of the "Lifar generation", promoted to the rank as a prima ballerina in 1940. The title of star not being official until 1941, Solange Schwarz and Lycette Darsonval were the first dancers to bear this title. Two bronzes by Jacques Gestalder representing Lycette Darsonval are exhibited at the Bettencourt-Schueller foundation in Neuilly-sur-Seine. A portrait of Lycette Darsonval was painted by Serge Ivanoff.
Original image description from the Deutsche Fotothek Gastaufführung "Die romantischen Ballette" des Ballettensembles der Pariser Oper im Capitol
Roger Rössing / Renate Rössing · Deutsche Fotothek
Original image description from the Deutsche Fotothek Gastaufführung "Die romantischen Ballette" des Ballettensembles der Pariser Oper im Capitol
Roger Rössing / Renate Rössing · Deutsche Fotothek
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- 1.Relevé des fichiers de l'Insee.
- 2.Ricaux et l’École italienne, témoignage de Serge Perrault, sur le site www.augustevestris.fr le 14 novembre 2010.
- 3.Noémi Marois. 5 choses étonnantes que vous ne savez pas sur les danseurs étoiles. Europe 1. 30 mars 2018.
- 4.Emmanuel Lemieux, On l'appelait Télé-Paris, Paris, éditions L'Archipel, « L'Histoire secrète des débuts de la télévision française (1936-1946) », page 152, 2013, 259 p. .
- 5.Jacques Gestalder, sculpteur du corps dansant. Canal Académies. 2008-04-13.
- 6.Saint-Lô. La rue Lycette-Darsonval "pose question". lamanchelibre.fr. 2024-07-25.
- 7.Sylvia sur danserenfrance.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- Les demoiselles d'Opéra, Louis Léon-Martin, Éditions des portiques, 1930
- Martine Cadieu, Lycette Darsonval, Paris, Presses littéraires de France, « Danseurs et danseuses », 1951, 19 p. (notice BnF FRBNF31896532)
- Lycette Darsonval, Dominique Fabre, Éditions Robert Laffont, 1956
- Ma vie sur les pointes, Lycette Darsonval, Ed. France-Empire, 1988
- Les mémoires d'Icare, Serge Lifar, Sauret, 1993
- Coulisses de la danse, Gilbert Serres, France-Europe Ed., 2005
- Serge Lifar : la danse pour patrie, Florence Poudru, Hermann, 2007
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