Michel Descombey (28 October 1930 – 5 December 2011)[1][2] was a French ballet dancer, choreographer and director.
Descombay studied dancing in Paris, and debuted as a professional dancer of the Ballet de l'Opéra National in 1947.
In 1959 he became premier danseur,[3] then ballet master, and official choreographer and finally director of the company from 1962 to 1969.
Afterwards he was ballet director of the Zürcher Ballett[4] of the Zurich Opera from 1971 to 1973, and was invited to Mexico by Orozco.
[5] In 1975 he settled down in Mexico, where he became chief choreographer and associate director of the Ballet Teatro del Espacio in 1977.