Jean-Paul Montanari, the former iconic director of the Montpellier Danse festival, died
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His death on Friday, at the age of 77, occurred four months after his retirement. He had directed for forty-two years the renowned contemporary dance show.
For forty-one years, the charismatic director of the festival "Montpellier Danse" alone embodied a fringe of the history of art and its institutionalization. He died on Friday 25 April at 77 years of age.
At the head of the prestigious Montpellier dance festival for more than 40 years, Jean-Paul Montanari died on Friday 25 April at the age of 77. He had just retired.
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An emblematic figure of contemporary dance, Jean-Paul Montanari died this Friday, April 25 at the age of 77. He left behind a huge choreographic heritage.
Jean-Paul Montanari photo Montpellier Danse Director of the Montpellier Danse International Festival for more than 40 years, Jean-Paul Montanari died at the age of 77. His death was announced this Friday by the mayor of Montpellier. "Jean-Paul Montanari has left us. The dance loses his most faithful servant, the city of Montpellier a man who has offered him a world artistic influence, and I lose a friend," wrote Michaël Delafosse in a statement …
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