Petrus Bosman (1928 – 19 July 2008) was a South African ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, and répétiteur, active in England, France, and the United States.
He also excelled in travesty character roles, playing Carabosse in The Sleeping Beauty, Widow Simone in La Fille Mal Gardée, and an Ugly Sister in Cinderella.
[4] During his years in London, Bosman organised dancers for performances at the Chichester and Aldeburgh festivals and produced a series of nine charity galas sponsored by members of the royal family.
While there, he formed a company based on the facilities at the school, the Jeune Ballet de France, Côte d'Azur, and completed foreign tours with it to Australia, Singapore, China, Korea, and Switzerland.
Wherever he went, he was a popular teacher and a welcome guest, known for his merry disposition, taste for fine food and drink, wicked sense of humor, and immaculate attire — except in class, where he always wore sweat pants.
His last staff positions were as artistic director of the Virginia School of the Arts, in Lynchburg, and as adjunct professor of dance at nearby Sweet Briar College.
While working as a guest teacher at the Jordan Academy of Dance at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, he suffered a heart attack and died at the age of 80.