Marius Petipa: Captured by Terpsichore

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Based on rich documentary and critical material, the book presents the reader with a broad panorama of the development of Russian ballet in the second half of the XNUMXth century. The author tells in detail about the theatrical process of that time: how the repertoire was updated, who were the leading dancers, musicians and artists. In the center of the story is the story of the legendary Marius Petipa. A Frenchman by birth, he came to Russia at a young age with the aim of entering the service of a dancer in the directorate of the imperial theaters and became an outstanding choreographer, a key figure of his cultural era, whose legacy still occupies an important place in the repertoire of many theaters around the world. Natalia Dmitrievna Melnik (literary pseudonym - Natalia Chernyshova-Melnik) is a journalist, editor and literary translator, candidate of philological sciences, associate professor at the St. Petersburg State Institute of Cinema and Television. Member of the Union of Journalists of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. The author of books about the grand dukes of the Romanov dynasty and about the famous entrepreneur S.P. Diaghilev.

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Publication language: Russian

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