Aveline, Albert

Aveline, Albert (1883, Paris; 3 February 1968, Anvières) dancer, entered the ballet school of the Paris Opéra at age 11 in 1894. He joined the corps de ballet at the Garnier Palace after completing his studies, and he won public approval almost immediately with his performance in a pas de cinq from Joseph Hansen ’s La Ronde des saisons in 1905. Subsequently he was promoted so quickly through the ranks of the balletic hierarchy that he was given the title of primo ballerino assoluto in 1908. The…