Biography
Marius Petipa was born in 1818 in Marseille and became the most influential choreographer in ballet history. As ballet master of the Imperial Theatre in Saint Petersburg, he created over fifty full-length ballets. Petipa codified the aesthetic of classical ballet. His choreographies form the foundation of the classical repertoire to this day. He died in 1910 in Gurzuf in Crimea.
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