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André Levasseur Costume designer
Biography
Born in Paris in 1927, André Levasseur spent his childhood in Toulouse and then Cannes. After completing his secondary education, he trained at the École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne before joining the House of Christian Dior at the age of twenty-two. He worked there from 1949 to 1956, initially as a fashion illustrator and then as a pattern cutter alongside Christian Dior, before becoming responsible for the design of the “Boutique Couture” collection for the opening of Christian Dior Boutique.
Another decisive encounter was with John Taras, ballet master of the Marquis de Cuevas company, to whom he was introduced by his friend Pierre Jourdan. This meeting marked the beginning of a long and distinguished career as a set and costume designer. André Levasseur’s work initially focused on ballet and theatre.
From 1952 onwards, he designed sets and costumes for more than fifty classical ballets and created over one hundred theatre sets. After designing the costumes for Piège de lumière, performed by the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas at the Théâtre de l’Empire in 1952, he was commissioned to design the sets and costumes for Serge Lifar’s Les Noces fantastiques at the Paris Opera in 1955. His career then took him abroad, notably to La Scala in Milan, the Royal Opera House in London, the Grand Théâtre de Genève and the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
André Levasseur also lent his talents to numerous revues, operettas and musicals. He was regularly commissioned to design sets for galas, celebrations, balls and receptions attended by the leading figures of Parisian literary, theatrical and artistic circles.
Currently in
- Palais Garnier
- from 03 to 06 April 2027
