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St. Petersburg Ballet School
French-born Jean Baptiste Lande founded the St. Petersburg Ballet School. -
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Filippo Beccari's Moscow Orphanage Dance School
Filippo Beccari organized a dancing school at the Moscow Orphanage in 1764 and its students performed at the Petrovsky Theatre, a predecessor of the of the Bolshoi, until 1784 -
Directorate of the Imperial Theatres
Catherine II established the Directorate of the Imperial Theatres -
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Didelot in Russia
Charles Didelot came to St. Petersburg and did much to raise the standars of Russia dancing. -
Patronate was extended to Moscow
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William Tell
The premiere of Gioacchino Rossini's "William Tell" where they used the curtain to prepare scenic wonders, hidden from the audience eyes, and then unveil.
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Heydays of the Romantic era
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Robert le Diable
The premiere of Giacomo Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable at the Paris Opera in 1831 was a tremendous success, despite of all the catastrophes that happened that night at the stage. -
Dr. Louis Veron
Dr. Louis Veron became director of the Paris Opera -
La Sylphide
Choreography by Filipo Taglioni for his daughter Marie Taglioni in 1832. -
The Revolt in the Harem
Filippo Taglioni's The Revolt in the Harem may be the world's first ballet about emancipation of women. -
La Sylphide by August Bournonville
In Copenhagen,1836, August Bournonville created his own version of La Sylphide to new music by Herman Severin Lovenskjold. Starring Lucile Grahn. -
"La Cachucha", Fanny Elssler
Elssler specialities were sparkling solos inspired by folk dances. In 1836 she performed "La Cachucha" in Jean Coralli's Le Diable Boiteux. -
Carlo Blasis
Carlo Blasis was appointed director of the Royal Academy of Dance at La Sacala in Milan. -
La Gypsy, Fanny Elssler
Fanny Elssler's solo the "Cracovienne" in Joseph Mazilier's La Gypsy. -
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Perrot in Russia
Perrot created ballets in St. Petersburg in the 1840's anf 1850's. -
"Giselle" by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot
The premier of "Giselle" at the Paris Opera, choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot. -
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Jules Perrot's best ballets
During this period of time, he worked at the Her Majesty's Theatre where he produced some of his best ballets. Her Majesty's Theatre, under Benjamin Lumley's management, briefly rivaled the Paris Opera as a dance center. -
"Esmeralda" by Perrot
"Esmeralda" is an adaptation of Victo Hugo's novel, Notre Dame de Paris or The Hunchback of Notre Dame. -
"Pas de Quatre" by Perrot
Lumley, manager of Her Majesty's Theatre, came up with the grand idea of having the four great ballerinas Marie Taglioni, Carlotta Grissi, Marie Cerrito, and Lucille Grahn, danced together in the same ballet. -
Marius Petipa, "premier danseur" in St. Petersburg.
Marius Petipa was invited to be "premier danseur" in St. Petersburg. -
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Blasis in Russia
Blasis taught in Moscow from 1861 to 1864 -
"The Daughter of Pharaoh" by Marius Petipa
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Petipa, in the St. Petersburg ballet.
In 1869, with the departure of Saint-Leon, Petipa was placed in full charge of the St. Petersburg ballet. -
"Coppelia" by Arthur Saint-Leon
Arthur Saint-Leon, Cerrito's husband, choreographed the period's last great ballet Coppelia, the same year of his death. With a beautiful score by Leo Delibes that included the first balletic use of the czardas, a hungarian folk dance. -
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Franco-Prussian War
During this year the Franco-Prussian War broke out, Paris was hemmed in and the Paris Opera closed. Saint_leon died of exhaustion and Bozzacchi, ballerina that characterized Swanilda in Coppelia, died of a fever on her seventeenth birthday. -
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Ballet was diminished
Ballet was diminished to no more than light entertainment -
The Paris Opera reopen
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The Opera moved into the palatial building that remains its present home.
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"La Bayadere" by Petipa
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"Excelsior" by Luigi Manzotti
Luigi Mazotti was the leading Italian choreographer of the late nineteenth century. Mazotti's greatest success was "Excelsior", exemplifying the era's faith in science and progress. -
"The Sleeping Beauty" by Petipa
"The Sleeping Beaty is Petipa's most opulent surviving work. -
"The Nutcracker", by Ivanov
The first production of "The Nutcracker" was choreograph by Ivanov. -
Tchaikovsky death.
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Carlotta Zambelli
Carlotta Zambelli made her debut at the Paris Opera in 1894. She reigned at the Opera untill 1930, when she retired to become head of the Opera Ballet School. -
"Swan Lake" by Marius Petopa and Lev Ivanov
the complete ballet of the "Swan Lake" by Marius Petopa and Lev Ivanov, was staged. With music of Tchaikovsky. -
"Raymonda" by Marius Petipa
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Alexander Gorsky went to Moskow to work with the Bolshoi Ballet.
Alexander Gorsky went to Moskow to work with the Bolshoi Ballet.
