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Marius Petipa
best known for his Sleeping Beauty choreography -
Robert el Diable
Choreographed by Giacomo Meyerbeer for the Paris Opera. The storyline involved nuns coming back to life because of Robert's charm and good looks. -
La Sylphide
Marie Taglioni starred in this ballet choregraphed by her father especially for her. The plot of this ballet involves an egaged scottish man falling for a sylph in his sleep and eventually killing her my mistake and ending up alone. -
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Ivanov
Russian choreographer best known for Nutcracker and parts of swan lake. -
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Tchaikovsky
Composed scores for swan lake, Sleeping Beauty, and the Nutcracker. -
Pas De Quatre
Choregraphed by perrot, and featured the 4 most famous ballerinas of the time including Taglioni,Grissi,Cerrito, and Grahn, capitalizing on ballerina worship. -
Daughter of Pharaoh
Choreographed by Marius Petipa -
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Perina Legnani
Prima ballerina in St Petersburg known for her "32 fouettes" -
La Bayadere
Petipa -
Period: to
Michel Fokine
Russian dancer and choregrapher for Marinsky theater -
Sleeping Beauty
Choreographed by Petipa -
The Nutcrakcer
Choregraphed by Ivanov -
Swan Lake
Choreographed by Petipa -
Ramonda
Choreographed by Petipa
