Petipa

American  

[pet-ee-pah, pet-ee-pah, puh-tee-pah] / ˈpɛt iˌpɑ, ˌpɛt iˈpɑ, pə tiˈpɑ /

noun

1. Marius 1819–1910, French ballet dancer and choreographer in Russia.

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Petipa British  

/ pətipa /

noun

1. Marius. 1819–1910, French ballet dancer and choreographer of the Russian imperial ballet: collaborated with Tchaikovsky on The Sleeping Beauty (1890)

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Example Sentences

This 1898 divertissement by Marius Petipa, to the melodious music of Alexander Glazunov, is accented with moves shaped by Hungarian folk dance and has long been a staple of various classical ballet companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

But the video suggested that the company was still using some of his choreography, though his name had been removed from the production, a version of the 19th-century ballet by Marius Petipa.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

So Petipa, working for the man with a direct line to the czar, was under a little pressure.

From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2022

Kent and her husband, Associate Artistic Director Victor Barbee, have included much of the traditional choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, while adding some of their own.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2022

There I saw, as presented by Diaghileff, that chef d'oeuvre of Tchaikovsky and Petipa.

From An Autobiography by Stravinsky, Igor