Maurice Béjart
At first, he created ballets by Peter Van Dijk, Michel Descombey, George Skibine and affirmed in The Damnation of Faust created for him by Maurice Béjart (1964). He participated in the Paris premiere ballets by George Balanchine (Concerto Barocco) or Maurice Béjart (The Rite of Spring), a role that has most marked his personality. He created the role of Frollo in Notre-Dame de Paris (1965) Roland Petit which it will succeed in that of Quasimodo who became one of his greatest roles.