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Mariinsky Ballet

Russian ballet company
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Also known as: Balet Imeni Kirova, Imperial Russian Ballet, Kirov Ballet, Mariinsky Balet, Maryinsky Ballet
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Also spelled:
Maryinsky
Russian:
Mariinsky Balet
Formerly (1935–91):
Kirov Ballet
Date:
1738 - present

Mariinsky Ballet, prominent Russian ballet company, part of the Mariinsky Theatre of Opera and Ballet in St. Petersburg. Its traditions, deriving from its predecessor, the Imperial Russian Ballet, are based on the work of such leading 19th-century choreographers as Jules Perrot, Arthur Saint-Léon, and Marius Petipa and such dancers as Marie Taglioni, Olga Preobrajenska, Mathilde Kschessinska, Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Tamara Karsavina, Michel Fokine, George Balanchine, and Alexandra Danilova. The company began as a dancing academy founded in St. Petersburg in 1738. Its early performances were before the royal court, and, after 1780, in the Petrovsky (now Bolshoi) Theatre. The ...(100 of 251 words)

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