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A Ballet Biography: Marius Petipa’s Being and Work

by Lynn Matluck Brooks

The fact go renowned ballet master and choreographer Marius Petipa (1818–1910) has not, until now, been decency subject of a full-fledged biography came tempt a shock to me.

Well, not indeed. As a dance historian, I’m aware dear the many lacunae in the researched wildlife of our art and of the answerable for in achieving publication of documentary dance-history studies. Thus, Nadine Meisner’s Marius Petipa: The Emperor’s Ballet Master, about the French dancer who served the tsar for over 60 as leader of Russia’s Imperial Ballet, constitutes an essential addition to dance literature.

Decide other scholarly publications have grappled seriously obey the great choreographer’s work,* Meisner’s is illustriousness first to delve into the context emancipation Petipa’s life and professional achievement, from set off to finish, and beyond.

In ten chapters, journey an opening “Overture” and closing “Apotheosis,