Janine Charrat (24 July 1924 – 29 August 2017) was a French dancer and choreographer. She appeared in ''

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'' at the age of 12, and went on to choreograph over 50 ballets. She was an officer of the

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Filmography

* 1938: '' La Mort du cygne'', by

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* 1952: ''La Jeune Fille aux allumettes'', by Jean Benoît-Lévy * 1959: ''Les Algues'', by Louis Bertrand Castelli * 1962: ''

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'' by

Pierre Gaspard-Huit Pierre Gaspard-Huit (29 November 1917 – 1 May 2017) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed the 1963 film '' Shéhérazade'', which starred Anna Karina. He was once married to actress Claudine Auger when she was 18, and he wa ...

, with

Anna Karina Anna Karina (born Hanne Karin Blarke Bayer; September 22, 1940 – December 14, 2019)

and

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, choreography by Janine Charrat * 2001: ''Janine Charrat, l'instinct de la danse'', by Luc Riolon and Rachel Seddoh

References

1924 births 2017 deaths People from Grenoble 20th-century French ballet dancers French choreographers Officers of the Legion of Honour {{ballet-bio-stub