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.

The two-act ballet with choreography by Marius Petipa (1818-1910), staged with additional dances by ABT artist-in-residence Alexei Ratmansky, stands impressively during Petipa’s bicentenary ...

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 ...

"Marius Petipa: The Emperor's Ballet Master" by Nadine Meisner; Oxford University Press, $34.95 Not all queers want in their dreams to dance like swans. Even so, the image that probably comes to mind ...

Marius Petipa, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, 1898. Getty Images March 11 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the French choreographer, whose ballets are still staged around the ...

With that ballet — titled “The Pharoah’s Daughter” — Marius Petipa was just getting started. Today Petipa is revered as the father of classical ballet.

From Swan Lake to The Sleeping Beauty, it's time to look again at the work of Marius Petipa The choreographer defined the romantic imagery and strict gender roles we associate with ballet.

Boston Ballet will open its 2025–2026 season at the Citizens Opera House with George Balanchine’s “Jewels” and close with Marius Petipa’s “The Sleeping Beauty.” In between we’ll ...

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.

Smirnova in the role of Tatyana and Vladislav Lantratov in the role of Onegin perform during a media preview of the ballet “Onegin” at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, July 10, 2013.