It was one of the most original figures of 20th century French dance. The public had discovered the dancer, but also the choreographer, after the war, with the ballet of the Opera of Nice. Joseph Lazzini then won the San Carlo in Naples before founding the ballet of the Théâtre Royal in Liège. He then returned to France in the 1960s to direct the Compagnie de l'Opéra de Marseille, which, thanks to him, quickly acquired international fame.
The founder of the Théâtre français de la danse, the choreographer ofIlluminations, of Cantadagio, of The third window was an innovator in love with tradition, an avant-garde who knew his classics. He knew how to make the most of it to invent a choreographic language that really speaks to the men of our time. He was a modern whose most beautiful ballets became great classics.