Michel Descombey

Michel Descombey
Born	October 28, 1930 (1930-10-28) (age 81) Bois-Colombes, France

Michel Descombey (b. Bois-Colombes, October 28, 1930) is a French ballet dancer, choreographer, and director.

Descombay studied dancing in Paris, and debuted as a professional dancer of the Ballet de l'Opéra National in 1947. In 1959 he became premier danseur,^[1] then ballet master, and official choreographer and at last director of the company from 1962 to 1969. He also established the training ballet group of the Opéra National de Paris. Afterwards he was ballet director of the Zürcher Ballett^[2] of the Zurich Opera from 1971 to 1973, and was invited to Mexico by Orozco.^[3] In 1975 he settled down in Mexico, where he became chief choreographer and associate director of the Ballet Teatro del Espacio in 1977.^[1] He is member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (SNCA).^[4]

Honors

• Chevalier (knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
• Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
• Order of the Aztec Eagle

External links

• Michel Descombey at idancedb.com

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Michel Descombey, The Oxford Dictionary of Dance.
2. ^ Zürcher Ballett: Geschichte, Ensemble, Repertoire (German).
3. ^ Gabriela Jiménez Bernal: Michel Descombey, National Autonomous University of Mexico (Spanish)
4. ^ Michel Descombey (Spanish)

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Name	Descombey, Michel
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Date of birth	October 28, 1930
Place of birth	Bois-Colombes, France
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