Alhanko was a dance student at Operabaletten, The Opera Ballet in Stockholm, Sweden.

The associated Lyon Opera Ballet has a postmodern and contemporary repertoire under artistic director Yorgos Loukos.

The coffin was lifted from the hearse by six male dancers of the Opera Ballet and carried into the theater lobby.

A spokesman for the Opera Ballet said the cause of death was hepatitis.

A season ticket is also an option for many music venues (including Opera, Ballet, Symphony houses) and repertory theatre companies.

He was director of the Swedish Opera Ballet from 1967 to 1973 and the National Ballet of Canada from 1983 until his death in 1986.

Mr. Maillot was born and reared in Tours, where his father was a painter who also designed sets for that city's Opera Ballet.

He joined the Norwegian Opera Ballet in 1966, leaving to join the Dutch National Ballet in 1970.

The Paris Opera Ballet.

Also in Paris, the Opera Ballet will perform in "Swan Lake" from July 6 to 25.