Petipa
Americannoun
noun
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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
Her work deploys physical ideas and images from Petipa, Balanchine, Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, Erick Hawkins, Nijinsky and more, but shifts lightly among them.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2023
“The Nutcracker” was dreamed up after the smashing success of “The Sleeping Beauty,” which also featured music by Tchaikovsky and dances by Russia’s prized French-born choreographer Marius Petipa.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022
Let M. Petipa be once awkward, or even absent, and Carlotta will break her head upon the boards.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 by Various
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