Yvette Chauviré obituary

Star ballerina with a brilliant classical technique renowned for her performances of GiselleTwo quite remarkable ballerinas emerged from France in the 20th century. The latter years were dominated by Sylvie Guillem; Yvette Chauviré, who has died aged 99, was important in the years following the second world war. Fine-boned and dark-haired, she had a brilliant classical technique which she used not for showy effect but as a language for interpreting character and expressing poetry. She was