Lycette Darsonval
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Lycette Darsonval (born Alice Andrée Marie Perron, 12 February 1912 – 1 November 1996) was a French ballet dancer.[https://deces.matchid.io/id/EkJJIZtLFsT6 Relevé des fichiers de l'Insee]
She visited Noël Corbu in Rennes-le-Château with the artist Jean Raffy Le Persan (1920-2008) during the 1950s.
Biography
Lycette Darsonval is the half-sister of dancer Serge Perrault. Dancer in the street in Montmartre, she was spotted and entered the Paris Opera at the age of 23, where, a pupil of Nicola Guerra, she became one of the most prominent performers of the "Lifar generation", promoted to the rank as a prima ballerina in 1940. The title of star not being official until 1941, Solange Schwarz and Lycette Darsonval were the first dancers to bear this title.{{Citation | url=https://www.europe1.fr/culture/5-choses-etonnantes-que-vous-ne-savez-pas-sur-les-danseurs-etoiles-3613568| title=5 choses étonnantes que vous ne savez pas sur les danseurs étoiles| newspaper=Europe 1| date= | accessdate=2022-11-21}}
Two bronzes by Jacques Gestalder representing Lycette Darsonval are exhibited at the Bettencourt-Schueller foundation in Neuilly-sur-Seine.{{cite web |url=http://www.e-bb.info/jacques-gestalder-8-villa-buzenval-4598/ |title=Article sur les bronzes de Jacques Gestalder |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802121953/http://www.e-bb.info/jacques-gestalder-8-villa-buzenval-4598 |archive-date=2012-08-02}}
A portrait of Lycette Darsonval was painted by Serge Ivanoff.
Bibliography
- Martine Cadieu, Lycette Darsonval, Paris, Presses littéraires de France, collection "Danseurs et danseuses", 1951, 19 p. (notice BnF no FRBNF31896532)
- Lycette Darsonval, Ma vie sur les pointes, Ed. France-Empire, 1988
- Louis Léon-Martin, Les demoiselles d'Opéra, Éditions des portiques, 1930
- Serge Lifar, Les mémoires d'Icare, Sauret, 1993
- Florence Poudru, Serge Lifar: la danse pour patrie, Hermann, 2007
- Gilbert Serres, Coulisses de la danse, France-Europe Ed., 2005
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Category:20th-century French women
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