Remembering Zizi Jeanmaire, the dancer extraordinaire who inspired Yves Saint Laurent. - -
of Petit noted that his close collaborator Irène Lidova once allowed that the choreographer “could fall into a ‘Champagne style’”, a phrase that likewise describes the effect created by the smiling, energetic, gamine, Saint Laurent–attired Jeanmaire.Underneath all the froth and effervescence, though, there was a deep connection between these three birds of a feather. Saint Laurent was direct about the influence of both Jeanmaire and Petit on his work.
Petit and Jeanmaire brought heat and passion to the traditionally cool and formal ballet, and then made a bridge between this high form of dance and its more popular expressions. Aswas “exciting even for those who know nothing about the ballet, since its close sister is the music hall”. Saint Laurent would similarly veer between the bougie and bohemian, couture and prêt-à-porter. In fact, his first experiment in marrying such opposites preceded his fall from grace at Christian Dior.
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