[HIGHLIGHTS] Death at the age of 91 of the eminent ballet choreographer Pierre Lacotte

"He was full of energy and had plans for the Rome Opera Ballet," his wife said. "He loved the opera, it was his one and only home," she added.

"Our stone abandoned us at 4:00 in the morning," she said, adding that he died of sepsis. He was known for his reconstructions of nineteenth-century ballets, including "Coppélia" and "Pas de six de La Vivandière" His last work was the adaptation of "Le Rouge et le Noir" for the Paris Opera in 2021.