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The most atypical French ballerina died on Friday, at the age of 96. An actress, best known for her triumph in the post-war music hall of the 1950s, Zizi Jeanmaire embodied free women at the time, with short hair and black-sheathed legs, feathers and glitter.
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"When I sing, I sing, when I dance, I dance"
In 1969, the dancer at the same time smart and chic was the guest of Europe 1 - at the time Europe n ° 1. At the microphone of journalist Jacques Paoli, she spoke on her return from London, where she had just "presented a filmed show with Alain Delon".
"You don't want anyone to say that you are a dancing dancer," said the interviewer. And the artist agrees: "When I sing I sing, when I dance I dance". At the time, Zizi Jeanmaire - his real name Renée - also humorously evoked his "feather stuff" - a boa lost during a trip, named after his biggest hit. "I found him, my feather thing, thank god! He stayed on the sidewalk, quite simply, we found him with lost items."