Éric Vu An and Claude Bessy

Claude Bessy was the director of the Opéra National de Paris ballet school from 1972 to 2004. Bessy spotted Vu-An and invited him to attend the school in 1974. Vu-An accepted this invitation and used this opportunity to accelerate his learning.

More about Claude Bessy

At 10 years old, Claude Bessy became the youngest student ever admitted to the Opéra National de Paris ballet school and was also the youngest dancer to join the Paris Opera Ballet. She is most well known for her profound reforms to the teaching regime at the Opéra National de Paris ballet school as director.

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Eric Vu-An, Movie Fit
Éric Vu-An, MoBBallet
Je Ne Suit Pas Contente de Tout Disait Claude Bessy, Arts Meme

 

 

 

Max Kreidl ’24