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Jean Babilée

French ballet dancer (1923–2014)

Born 1923 · 6th arrondissement of ParisDied 2014France
Jean Babilée
Image: Pic, Roger (1920-2001). Photographe. · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Jean Babilée was a French choreographer, ballet dancer and dancer, born in 1923 in 6th arrondissement of Paris, who died in 2014.

Biography

Jean Gutmann (professional name Jean Babilée; 3 February 1923 – 30 January 2014) was a prominent French dancer and choreographer of the latter half of the 20th century. He is considered to have been one of modern ballet's greatest performers, and the first French dancer to gain international acclaim. Babilée has been called the "enfant terrible of dance."

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Contemporaries

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