Under Roland Petit the company's program included modern dance featuring Petit's wife Zizi Jeanmaire, who became famous throughout France.
He began in Hollywood, where he was immediately successful, receiving commissions for portraits from such stars as Charles Boyer, Deborah Kerr, Pier Angeli, Zizi Jeanmaire, to name a few.
During the 1990s he made a number of documentaries in the BBC’s “Omnibus” series, including films with Jung Chang, Isabel Allende, Joshua Bell, András Schiff, Roland Petit and Zizi Jeanmaire.
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