Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook This 19th-century choreographer is the subject of a new biography, “Marius Petipa: The Emperor’s Ballet Master.” By ...

A New ‘Paquita’ Is an Echo Chamber of Ballet History. Alexei Ratmansky’s “Paquita” brings Marius Petipa’s 19th-century style to New York City Ballet through two lenses: his own and ...

The first life of Petipa in English, Nadine Meisner’s “Marius Petipa: The Emperor’s Ballet Master” is engaging, well-researched and strong on context.

Not all queers want in their dreams to dance like swans. Even so, the image that probably comes to mind when you think of swans and ballet was the brainchild of Marius Petipa, the great 19th-century ...

Demurely, sweetly and elegantly, they are dancing the first performance in living memory of the 15-minute divertissement or dream scene, “Le Jardin Anime,” from Marius Petipa’s 1899 ballet ...

The original source of “La Bayadère” is choreographer Marius Petipa. The 19th century Frenchman, often called the father of classical ballet, created more than 50 full-length ballets ...

In a celebration of ballet's rich history and modern influence, the Petipa Heritage Foundationis set to host anawards gala on Sept. 23. The event, dedicated to honoring exceptional ballet dancers ...

An entertaining and insightful new documentary, “Marius Petipa: The French Master of Russian Ballet” (streaming May 12 on Amazon Prime and available on iTunes and DVD), explores not only his ...

Marius Petipa (1818-1910), considered the "father of classical ballet," danced and choreographed for the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia for nearly 60 years.

The first full-length biography of the choreographer, “Marius Petipa: The Emperor’s Ballet Master,” by Nadine Meisner is to be published in June (Oxford University Press).

The Petipa Heritage Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, established to honor Marius Petipa, the father of classical ballet, and preserve and further develop his choreographic legacy.

Writing of such early-19th-century ballets as La Peri, in which Petipa performed in Belgium and Russia, the dance critic Deborah Jowitt points out that “Choreographic Orientalism, then, lay ...