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The Nutcracker
Marius Petipa was born 1822 in Marseilles, France. Petipa gained fame for his work at the Imperial Theatre in St. Petersburg. He is viewed as the principal creator of the modern classical ballet. Bringing French and Italian traditions to Russia, he gave increasing importance to pure dance over pantomime and greatly expanded the roles of male dancers. After his education he started as Premier Danseur at the Marijinskij Theatre (today's Kirow-Ballet) in St. Petersburg. In 1869 Petipa became Ballet Master of the Imperial Theatre. The value of his accomplishments is inestimable: he produced more than sixty full-evening ballets and innumerable shorter works and he is considered to have laid the foundation for the entire school of Russian ballet. The ballet repertoire in the Soviet Union is still based mainly on his works. Petipa died 1910 in Gurzuf, Russia. His biggest successes were: La Bayadère, La Camargo, The Sleeping Beauty, Coppélia, Don Quixote, Cinderella, Nutcracker, Dotch Farao, La Halte de Cavalerie, Kalkabrino, Raymonda, Ruses d'Amour, Swan Lake. Lev Ivanov Lev Ivanov was born in 1834 in Moscow. He was a dancer, teacher, choreographer, and Ballet Master. Ivanov was the assistant of Marius Petipa at the Imperial Theatre in St. Petersburg. Ivanov was an integral part in the evolution of the classical romantic ballet in Russia. He even went a step further than Petipa.
"Momentarily freed from the constraints of the libretto, for The Dance of the Snowflakes Ivanov focused his attention on the physical look and emotional feel of a snowstorm, and came up with a masterpiece of simplicity that embodied the music perfectly and drew unanimous praise" wrote dance critic Barbara Newman. His most recognized work was: La Fille Mal Gardée, The Enchanted Forest, The Magic Flute and Cinderella. Lev Ivanov died 1901 in St. Petersburg. For a performance near you (USA, Canada), check out The Nutcracker Ballet. [ Back to index ] |
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Marius Petipa
After Petipa fell ill in 1892, Ivanov finished the choreography for Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Ballet. After Tchaikovsky's dead in 1893 Petipa and Ivanov revised the Swanlake which was until then of little success.
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