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
And the art form itself — classical ballet — was transplanted from France, as was Petipa, the choreographer.
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
“It’s an endless reaching,” Arja said of this way of moving, which she ascribes as much to Ratmansky as to the intentions of Petipa and Ivanov.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 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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