Rayet, Jacqueline (1932–)
Rayet, Jacqueline (1932–)
French ballet dancer. Born June 26, 1932, in Paris, France.
Joined Paris Opéra (1946), where she became a principal dancer and performed in Lifar's Blanche-Neige and Daphnis et Chloe, Balanchine's Palais de Cristal, and Petit's Turnagalila, among others; was guest artist with Hamburg State Opera in Germany, creating roles in numerous works by Peter van Djik, most notably in his pas de deux Unfinished Symphony (1957); established the Festival International de Danse Classique (1958).
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