The ballerina and a singer of music-hall Zizi Jeanmaire died at the age of 96 years

The ballerina and a singer of music-hall Zizi Jeanmaire, known for his “Thing with feathers” and whose career is closely linked to that of the choreographer Roland Petit, who died Friday at 96 years, announced his family to the AFP. “My mother died peacefully that night in her home in Tolochenaz, in the canton of Vaud “, Switzerland, told AFP her daughter, Valentine Petit, attached to the phone. A public ceremony will be held in September to honor him, she said.

“Little rats” of the Opera’s critically acclaimed a few decades later for his ” Thing with feathers “, Zizi Jeanmaire has moved the line between classical dance and music hall during a career of remarkable longevity.