Mariinsky Ballet

The Mariinsky Ballet is the most famous ballet school in history (formerly the Kirov Ballet), located in the Mariinsky Theatre of St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Ballet - Mariinsky Theatre - St. Petersburg - Russia

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It was in this theatre that Marius Petipa invented modern ballet with such quintessential works as Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty. Among 20th-century ballets, Spartacus was inaugurated there in 1956.

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Marius Petipa - Ballet - Swan Lake - Sleeping Beauty - Spartacus - 1956

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The choreography school of the Mariinsky Ballet, named after its most celebrated teacher, Agrippina Vaganova, prepared many of the greatest danseurs in history: Avdotia Istomina, Paul Gerdt, Olga Preobrajenska, Mathilde Kschessinska, Anna Pavlova, Tamara Karsavina, Olga Spesivtseva, Vaslav Nijinsky, George Balanchine, Lydia Lopokova, Galina Ulanova, Marina Semenova, Yury Grigorovich, Natalia Makarova, Rudolf Nureyev, Yuri Soloviev, and Mikhail Baryshnikov.

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Agrippina Vaganova - Avdotia Istomina - Paul Gerdt - Olga Preobrajenska - Mathilde Kschessinska - Anna Pavlova - Tamara Karsavina - Olga Spesivtseva - Vaslav Nijinsky - George Balanchine - Lydia Lopokova - Galina Ulanova - Marina Semenova - Yury Grigorovich - Natalia Makarova - Rudolf Nureyev - Yuri Soloviev - Mikhail Baryshnikov

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