Fenaroli Leclerc Malou
Video still oral history interview, 2020
Malou Fenaroli Leclerc began her training as a classical dancer at the age of five with Victor Gsovsky. This was followed by solo engagements at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Roland Petit Company in Paris, and the Zurich Opera House, where she performed in Swan Lake with Rudolf Nureyev, among other productions.
She worked internationally as a ballet mistress, including in New York, Berlin, South Africa, Brazil, Israel, and Japan. She is the initiator and founder of Switzerland's first professional ballet school, later known as TaZ – Dance Academy Zurich at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). In 2001, she founded the Cinevox Junior Company in Neuhausen and established masterclasses for young professional dancers.