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Patrick Dupond, the enfant terrible of dance

2021-03-05T19:13:23.176Z


DISAPPEARANCE - Entered the Paris Opera dance school at the age of 10, he took over the management of the Institution in 1990. A true star and strong personality, he had a worldwide career, but also burned his teeth. wings.


He died as he lived.

In a lightning way.

Patrick Dupond would have been 62 years old on March 14.

He remains forever the last male star of French dance.

"The last one who made the crowds get up

,

"

said Claude Bessy.

The director of the Paris Opera Ballet School “made” Patrick Dupond, with Max Bozzoni, whom he considered to be his absolute master.

“Patrick was as he was: eccentric, telling lies, creating characters for himself.

Spoiled child and child terrible.

Everyone loved it, ”

adds Claude Bessy.

And that look of adoration that others gave him was his oxygen

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He had become accustomed to this from childhood.

Besides, has he ever become fully adult?

Nicole, her mother, works in the cloakroom of a large Parisian brasserie when she is pregnant.

She is raising Patrick alone with her companion.

He will not meet his father until late.

With his freckles, blue eyes and trumpet nose, the child has a cute beauty.

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Source: lefigaro

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