Janine Charrat (24 July 1924 – 29 August 2017) was a French dancer and choreographer. She was considered to be a child prodigy and appeared in Ballerina at the age of 12. She went on to choreograph over 50 ballets. Her 1949 choreography for composer Werner Egk's ballet Abraxas became a standard work in the German dance repertory.
In 1961, she had a serious accident. During a television show, a candle set fire to her tutu and the ensuing burns covered 70% of her body. After receiving life-saving treatment at the Cochin hospital, she stayed at the Thermes de Saint Gervais Mont-Blanc baths. She managed to recover and returned to dancingreturned to dancing in 1964.
She was an officer of the Legion of Honour.
Filmography 1938: La Mort du cygne, by Jean Benoît-Lévy 1952: La Jeune Fille aux allumettes, by Jean Benoît-Lévy 1959: Les Algues, by Louis Bertrand Castelli 1962: Schéhérazade by Pierre Gaspard-Huit, with Anna Karina and Gil Vidal, choreography by Janine Charrat 2001: Janine Charrat, l'instinct de la danse, by Luc Riolon and Rachel Seddoh
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