On his book “Le Ballet Contemporain”, Paris, 1950, Pierre Michaut wrote: “Roland Petit (Villemomble near Paris, 1924), a brilliant student at the Opera, where he had made all his studies, had just resigned on late summer, 1944; Paris had been liberated, war was about to end, hope and future were marching together.”
Según Pierre Michaut en su libro “Le Ballet Contemporain”, Paris, 1950: "Roland Petit (Villemomble, cerca Paris, 1924), brillante alumno de la Opera en donde había tomado todas sus clases, acababa de renunciar a fin del verano de 1944: Paris había sido liberada, la guerra iba a terminar: la esperanza y el futuro marchaban juntos.