Sad news: ballerina Zizi Jeanmaire has died at the age of 96.
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In the late 40’s/50s people knew Zizi Jeanmaire through dance and her marriage, in 1954, to Roland Petit – an enduring partnership. In the 60s my generation got to know her through Peter Sarstedt’s 1969 Novello Award hit “Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?”: “You talk like Marlene Dietrich, and you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire / Your clothes are all made by Balmain and there’s diamonds and pearls in your hair”. Our television screens seemed to be filled with little else. Fifty years on, it’s still a wonderful period piece.
The man himself – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8XQZYIiNgo.
The lady herself, with Roland – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uivT0o_NNC0