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Paul Myers

French ballet dancer turned choreographer Pierre Lacotte dies aged 91

Pierre Lacotte was a star dancer at the Paris Opera in the early 1950s before turning devoting himself to choreographing 19th century classics. AFP - ALEXANDER NEMENOV

Pierre Lacotte, the French ballet dancer who mined the past to produce modern choreographic classics, died on Monday in La Seyne-sur-Mer in southern France at the age of 91.

"He was full of energy," said his wife of 55 years Ghislaine Thesmar.

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