Jean-Albert Cartier
Jean-Albert Cartier (15 May 1930 – 27 December 2015) was a French art critic and director of cultural institutions. He was director of the Paris Opera from 1989 to 1991.
Life[]
Born in Marseille, passionate about the visual arts, Cartier studied at the École du Louvre.[1] He was an art critic for 15 years at Combat.
In 1968, he founded the Ballet-Théâtre contemporain, then successively became director of the and of the of Angers (1972-1978), director of the Ballet-Théâtre of Nancy (1978-1987). Cartier was also director of the Théâtre musical de Paris (1980-1988), administrator of the Paris Opera (1989-1991), delegate for music programmes at the music directorate at Radio France (1991-1993), general director of the Opéra de Nice (1994-1997), founder of the Europa Danse Project of Grasse in 1999 and president of the International Dance Institute with the Unesco.[1]
In 1987, he was nominated "".[2]
Works[]
- Le Manteau d'Arlequin, prefaces by Gérard Fromanger, Jiří Kylián and Jorge Lavelli. Paris, éditions de l’Amandier, 304 p. ISBN 978-2-35516-261-9.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Renaud Machart. "Mort de Jean-Albert Cartier, ancien directeur du Théâtre du Châtelet". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 28 November 2018..
- ^ Armelle Heliot, Mort de Jean-Albert Cartier, grand serviteur de la musique et de la danse, Le Figaro, 31 December 2015.
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- 1930 births
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- Writers from Marseille
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- 20th-century French journalists
- French theatre managers and producers
- Directors of the Paris Opera