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Marius petipa contribution to ballet buns
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A Ballet Biography: Marius Petipa’s Life and Work
by Lynn Matluck Brooks
The fact that renowned ballet master and choreographer Marius Petipa (1818–1910) has not, until now, been the subject of a full-fledged biography came as a shock to me.
Well, not really. As a dance historian, I’m aware of the many lacunae in the researched history of our art and of the difficulties 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 years as leader of Russia’s Imperial Ballet, constitutes an essential addition to dance literature.
While other scholarly publications have grappled seriously with the great choreographer’s work,* Meisner’s is the first to delve into the context of Petipa’s life and professional achievement, from start to finish, and beyond.
In ten chapters, plus an opening “Overture” and closing “Apotheosis,