Partners & Repertoire
A life on stage is also a life in partnership. These are the principal artists who shared the studio and the spotlight with Andrée Marlière. Each entry shows where their paths crossed, the seasons they worked together, and a few works that defined those years.
These partnerships shaped her technique, refined her style, and carried her from Brussels and Berlin to Florence and Düsseldorf, then onward on international tours. Use this as a guide to the names in the programs, the rehearsals behind them, and the repertory born of those collaborations.
| Partner | Company / Context with Marlière | Approx. Years | Selected Repertoire Together |
|---|---|---|---|
| André Leclair | Gala Querida (Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels); later Royal Flemish Opera Ballet, Antwerp | 1946–47; 1966–70 | Cinderella (staging by Leclair), Concerto de Aranjuez, Pelléas et Mélisande, Orpheus |
| Raoul Celada | Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas / touring engagements | 1959 | Classical pas de deux from Swan Lake and Giselle (tour programs) |
| Gert Reinholm | Berliner Ballett under Tatjana Gsovsky | 1957–58 | Hamlet, Orpheus (post-war Berlin repertory) |
| Pépé Urbani | Berliner Ballett; Urbani as dancer/choreographer | 1957–58 | Kleiner Sketch, Italiana |
| Jürgen Feindt | Berliner Ballett ensemble | 1957–58 | Mixed-bill pas de deux and character repertory (Berlin tours) |
| Harald Horn | Berlin dance ensembles around the Gsovsky era | 1956–58 | Mixed classical/character repertory (Berlin seasons) |
| Jean Babilée | Ballet Jean Babilée (Marlière first soliste) | 1958–59 | La Boucle, Balance à trois, Balletino |
| Gérard Ohn | Paris engagements and guestings around Babilée circle | Late 1950s | Classical pdd selections and Paris mixed bills |
| Jacques Sausin | Théâtre de la Monnaie / early Brussels years | 1959–61 | Brussels mixed bills; early Béjart-era creations |
| Maurice Béjart | Ballet du XXe Siècle / La Monnaie (artistic director; occasional stage partner in early years) | 1959–64; reprise 1970–71 | Les Quatre Fils Aymon, Such a Sweet Thunder, Orphée, Pulcinella |
| Paolo Bortoluzzi | Ballet du XXe Siècle principal | 1960–64 | Tour repertory from the Brussels seasons; featured neoclassical roles |
| Germinal Casado | Ballet du XXe Siècle | 1960–64 | Le Sacre du printemps, Roméo et Juliette (touring highlights) |
| Patrick Belda | Ballet du XXe Siècle | Early–mid 1960s | Leading roles across Béjart repertory in Brussels cycles |
| Pierre Dobrievich (also Dobrievitch) | Ballet du XXe Siècle dancer, later ballet master | Early–mid 1960s | Les Quatre Fils Aymon and Brussels mixed bills |
| Aimé de Lignière | Royal Ballet of Flanders ecosystem; colleague partner in Antwerp | 1970–71; later as stager/coach | Classical and neoclassical revivals during her final Antwerp seasons |