Marius Petipa

Marius Petipa ( / mari'ʏs peti'pa /; born March 11, 1818 in Marseille, .. † 1 Julijul / July 14 1910greg in Gurzuf in Crimea (now Ukraine) ), was a Franco- Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. He is considered the father of classical ballet by French and Italian influences combined it with the Russian ballet.

Petipa went in 1847 to Saint Petersburg. There he experienced at the Ballet of the Mariinsky Theatre ( in the meantime: Kirov Ballet ) his greatest successes. He worked with various composers such as Cesare Pugni, Ludwig Minkus, Riccardo Drigo and Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Under his artistic direction originated there, among other things Minkus ' La Bayadere, Raymonda Glazunov and Tchaikovsky ballets Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker and the edited version of Swan Lake together with Lev Ivanov. In St. Petersburg, he brought it to the ballet director (first ballet master ).

Also in his aegis falls the training of many major ballet dancers; among others, began Mathilda Maria Kschessinskaja, Olga and Anna Pavlova Preobraschenskaja under Petipa her career.

From 1903, the disempowerment Petipa in St. Petersburg began. But until 1907 he retired permanently to the Crimea back, wrote his memoirs ( 1906/ 07) and published his diaries.

Petipa's father, Jean Antoine Petipa was also a choreographer and ballet teacher, his brother Lucien Petipa was one of the most popular dancers of his time.

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