Daphnis and Chloe
Bessy trained at the Paris Opera Ballet School from the age of ten, the youngest student ever admitted, and joined the Paris Opera Ballet at age 13, the youngest "danseuse" ever admitted. In 1956, she was promoted to "étoile", the Ballet's highest rank. Bessy was closely associated with Serge Lifar and created leading roles in his 1951 "Snow White", 1955 "Noces fantastiques" and 1958 "Daphnis and Chloe". She worked with John Cranko, who made his 1955 "La Belle Hêlène" on her, and George Skibine, who made a second "Daphnis and Chloe" on Bessy in 1959.