Marius Petipa (11 March 1818 – 14 July 1910). Petipa is considered to be the most influential ballet master and choreographer of ballet.
Be prepared to enjoy over an hour of homage to the greatest ballet master of all time, Marius Petipa.
An Evening with Marius Petipa
Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa (11 March 1818 – 14 July 1910) was a French ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer. Petipa is considered to be the most influential ballet master and choreographer of ballet.
Marius Petipa is noted for his long career as premier maître de ballet of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres, a position he held from 1871 until 1903. Petipa created over fifty ballets, some of which have survived in versions either faithful to, inspired by, or reconstructed from the original.
- The Pharaoh’s Daughter (1862)
- Don Quixote (1869)
- La Bayadère (1877)
- Le Talisman (1889)
- The Sleeping Beauty (1890)
- The Nutcracker (which was most likely choreographed by Lev Ivanov, perhaps with Petipa’s counsel and instruction) (1892)
- Le Réveil de Flore (1894)
- La Halte de cavalerie (1896)
- Raymonda (1898); Les Saisons(1900)
- Les Millions d’Arlequin (a.k.a. Harlequinade) (1900)
Petipa revived a substantial number of works created by other Ballet Masters. Many of these revivals would go on to become the definitive editions from which all subsequent productions would be based. The most famous of these revivals are Le Corsaire, Giselle,La Esmeralda, Coppélia, La Fille Mal Gardée (with Lev Ivanov), The Little Humpbacked Horse and Swan Lake (with Lev Ivanov).
For more on Marius Petipa, his life and work visit wikipedia.org.
An Evening with Marius Petipa
In the first portion of this gala the Kirov dances La Bayadere (Kingdom of Shades), followed by Paquita.
Gala Marius Petipa featuring Viktoria Tereshkina and Alina Somova
Video courtesy of YouTube.
An Evening with Marius Petipa
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