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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 (born March 11, 1818, Marseille, France—died July 14 [July 1, Old Style], 1910, Gurzuf, Ukraine, Russian Empire) 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.
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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.
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.
Learn how Petipa created and adapted popular ballets such as Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker in 19th-century St. Petersburg. Discover his life, work, and legacy in this article by Russia Beyond.
Marius' performing debut came as a child in his father's production of Pierre Gardel's La Dansomanie in 1831 at the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels. The Belgian revolution followed soon afterwards placing the family in dire straits.
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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.
