Marius Petipa: The French Master of Russian Ballet
Marius Petipa was an unlikely artistic revolutionary. A middling dancer, he bounced around European cultural centres until he finally washed up in St. Petersburg in 1847 at age 29 – hired, sight unseen, by the Imperial Ballet as a principal dancer. A skilled socialite, he curried favor with the…
- Genres:
- Documentary
- Availability:
- Canada +more