[2] He started his career as a dancer for his former teacher, Jean Weidt, where he met his future wife.
[2] Shortly afterwards, as Weidt returned to Germany, he established a dance company with his wife called Les Ballets Modernes de Paris.
[2] Their dances have been inspired by Vaslav Nijinsky, Deryk Mendel, Michel Fokine and Régine Chopinot.
[7] Later, they also established the Mas de la danse, a choreographic center in Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône, in the South of France.
[5] He was married to Françoise Dupuy, the daughter of art critic Marcel Michaud (1898–1958), and also a dancer, since 1951.