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Petipa Marius Ivanovich
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Petipa М.I., (1818-1910), choreographer
PETIPA Marius Ivanovich (1818-1910), French ballet dancer, choreographer, and teacher. He studied under his father J. Petipa and A. Vestris. Invited to St. Petersburg as a mime dancer in 1847, he danced until 1869. A teacher in St
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Chabukiani V.M., (1910-1992), choreographer
CHABUKIANI Vakhtang Mikhailovich (1910-1992), ballet dancer, choreographer, pedagogue, People's Artist of the USSR (1950). Upon graduating from the Leningrad School of Choreography, where he had studied under V.I
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Fokine M.M., (1880-1942), ballet-master
FOKINE Mikhail Mikhailovich (1880, St. Petersburg - 1942), dancer, ballet-master, pedagogue. From 1898, after graduating from Legat class of Petersburg Theatre School, he was the 1st dancer at the Mariinsky Theatre
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French
FRENCH, an ethnic community forming a part of the St. Petersburg population. French language is related to Romance group of Indo-European languages. Believers are mostly Catholics, while some are Reformists. French artisans appeared in St
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Glazunov A.K., (1865-1936), composer
GLAZUNOV Alexander Konstantinovich (1865 - 1936, St. Petersburg), composer, conductor, pedagogue, public figure, People's Artist of the Republic (1922). Comes from the Glazunov family. From 1879, he studied composition and music theory under N.A
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Imperial Theatres
IMPERIAL THEATRES (in the 18th century court theatres, in the 19th century also called public theatres), originally intended to entertain the Imperial family, and to entertain and educate the public
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Karsavina Т.P., (1885-1978), ballet dancer
KARSAVINA Tamara Platonovna (1885, St. Petersburg - 1978), ballet dancer. L. P. Karsavin's sister. A student of P. A. Gerdt, she graduated from the Petersburg Theatre School in 1902. Dancing in Mariinsky Theatre in 1902-18, she played key parts in M
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Kschessinska M.F., (1872-1971), ballet dancer
KSCHESSINSKA Mathilde (Maria) Felixovna (1872, Ligovo, near St. Petersburg - 1971), ballet dancer and teacher. A student of C. I. Ioganson, she graduated from the Theatre School in 1890 to be immediately admitted into the Mariinsky Theatre
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Mariinsky Theatre
MARIINSKY THEATRE, State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (1 Teatralnaya Square), which takes its origin from the Russian court company established in 1783 "not only for comedies and tragedies, but for operas also"
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Nijinsky V.F., (1890-1950), ballet dancer
NIJINSKY Vaclav Fomich (1889, according to other reports, 1890-1950), a ballet dancer and choreographer. A native of Poland, he studied under M. K. Obukhov at the Petersburg Theatre School to graduate in 1907
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Pavlova А.P., (1881-1931), ballet dancer
PAVLOVA Anna Pavlovna (1881 - 1931, St. Petersburg), ballet dancer. Studied under P. A. Gerdt in the Petersburg Theatre School, graduating in 1899. She joined the company of the Mariinsky Theatre to dance the key parts in M. I
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Saint-Leon А. (1821-1870), ballet dancer, choreographer
SAINT-LEON Charles Victor Arthur Michel (1821-1870), French dancer, ballet master, teacher, composer. Educated by his father, a dancer and musician. From 1859 to 1869 he was ballet master of the court company in St. Petersburg
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Sergeev K.M., (1910-1992), dancer
SERGEEV Konstantin Mikhailovich (1910 - 1992, St. Petersburg), dancer, ballet-master, pedagogue, People's Artist of the USSR (1957). In 1930-61, after graduating from the Leningrad choreographic School under V.I
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Shelest A.Y., (1919-1998), ballerina
SHELEST Alla Yakovlevna (1919-1998, St. Petersburg), ballet dancer, pedagogue, People's Artist of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1957). Upon graduating from A.Y
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Spesivtseva O.A. (1895-1991), ballet dancer
SPESIVTSEVA Olga Alexandrovna (1895-1991), ballet dancer. After graduating from the St. Petersburg Theatre School where she studied under K.M. Kulichevskaya, Spesivtseva worked at the Mariinsky Theatre from 1913 to 1924. She was the lead dancer in M
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Vaganova A.Y., (1879-1951), ballet-dancer
VAGANOVA Agrippina Yakovlevna (1879, St. Petersburg - 1951, Leningrad), ballet-dancer, pedagogue, choreographer, People's Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1954)
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Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet
VAGANOVA ACADEMY OF RUSSIAN BALLET situated at 2 Zodchego Rossi Street. It was founded as the Dancing School in 1738 on the initiative of J. B. Lande, a French choreographer and teacher
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White Nights, festival
WHITE NIGHTS, A musical and theatrical festival succeeding the Leningrad Festival of Arts held from 1958 to 1963. The annual festival was conducted in Leningrad from 1964 to 1990, on 21-29 June
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