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Marius Ivanovich Petipa (Russian: Мариус Иванович Петипа), born Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa (11 March 1818 – 14 July [O.S. 1 July] 1910), was a French and Russian ballet dancer, pedagogue and choreographer.
Marius Petipa was a dancer and choreographer who worked for nearly 60 years at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg and had a profound influence on modern classical Russian ballet. He directed many of the greatest artists in Russian ballet and developed ballets that retain an important position.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
About Petipa. Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa was born in Marseille, France on the 11th March 1818. His parents were Jean Antoine Petipa (1787-1855), a renowned Ballet Master and teacher, and Victorine Grasseau-Maurel (1794-1860), a tragic actress and drama teacher, both of whom were employed in Marseille at the time.
Dec 21, 2018 · Marius Petipa (1818-1910) in a photograph from around 1855. Fine Art Images/Heritage Images, via Getty Images. The woman goes on point; the man does the partnering. The positions may not be...
Mar 14, 2020 · Thus, Nadine Meisner’s Marius Petipa: The Emperor’s Ballet Master, about the French dancer who served the tsar for over 60 years as leader of Russia’s Imperial Ballet, constitutes an essential addition to dance literature.
Michel-Victor-Marius-Alphonse Petipa (en russe : Мариус Иванович Петипа, Marius Ivanovitch Petipa), né le 11 mars 1818 à Marseille et mort le 14 juillet 1910 à Gourzouf en Crimée, est un danseur, maître de ballet et chorégraphe français qui vécut en Russie de l'âge de 29 ans jusqu'à sa mort [1], [2].
Jun 10, 2018 · Two hundred is the new 30. Or at least it seems so for Marius Petipa, whose ballets are as active as ever as we celebrate his 200th birthday this year. Nearly all major ballet companies dance Petipa’s iconic ballets, which reflect his prolific creative output.
