January 1960
Ernest does compulsory national service for two years. Michelle attends classical ballet classes with the well known teacher Mrs Egorowa.
She successively works in two different acts : “Troika”, Russian dances and songs and “Duo Ilissos”, Greek songs and dances. These two acts receive a good response with engagements :
in France : among others, various casinos, movie theaters and several engagements at the famous Parisian cafe and music-hall theatre “Le Globe”,
and abroad : at the “Haus Vaterland” in Hamburg, Germany, at the “Chatby Casino” in Alexandria, Egypt, and other places.