Yvette Chauviré Square

The Yvette Chauviré Square features a bronze bust of a ballerina captured mid-pose, standing in a quiet corner of the fifteenth arrondissement. The square honors the French prima ballerina who spent decades as the star of the Paris Opera Ballet. In nineteen forty-one, she became the first dancer ever named an etoile, a title that recognizes the highest rank in the company. She lived nearby for years, and the city dedicated this space to her memory shortly after her death in two thousand sixteen.