Pierre Lacotte, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Pierre Lacotte

French choreographer

Date of Birth: 04-Apr-1932

Place of Birth: Chatou, Île-de-France, France

Profession: screenwriter, ballet dancer, ballet master, choreographer, ballet pedagogue

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Pierre Lacotte (born 4 April 1932) is a French ballet dancer and choreographer.
His mother was an affirmed musician and he manifested very early his interest for dance.
After an initial reluctance, his family surrendered to his stubbornness so that Lacotte could become a student of Gustave Ricaux, which was professor at the Paris Opera.In 1946 he was engaged in the Paris Opera Ballet and in 1953 become its first dancer.
Among his master at the Paris Opera Ballet School, he had Lubov Egorova, Carlotta Zambelli and the choreographer Serge Lifar, who chose Paulette Dynalix, Claude Bessy and Lacotte as the three interpretive dancers of Septuor, a single-act ballet represented in Paris on January 25, 1950.In 1955 he left the Paris Opera and become a solist dancer, invited to perform all over the world.
Subsequently, Lacotte founded his body ballet named Les Ballets de la Tour Eiffel and in 1963 he was appointed as director of the Ballets des Jeunesses Musicales de France.Lacotte was a frequent dance partner of Yvette Chauvire, Lycette Darsonval and Christiane Vaussard.He married the ballerina Ghislaine Thesmar.Lacotte lives in Paris.