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The Sleeping Beauty
Marius Petipa
Jasmine Kelly
Jessica Nieto
Rachel Pressler
Thomas Rogers
Lauren Tapley
Personal Life
•Chorographical genius of the 19th Century •French Ballet dancer & Russian Choreographer•Born March 11, 1818 in Marseilles, France•Family’s careers•*Interesting Fact*•Died on July 14,1910 in Russia
Early Professional Life
• Pushed into dancing • Ballet Training under Vertris• Toured and preformed• Appointed Premier danseur
– Ballet de Nantes in France– Grand Theatre in Bordeaux
• Debut as a dancer at 18• King’s Theatre in Madrid
Choreography Career
• Made Director of St. Petersburg Ballet -1869• Three great pieces
– The Sleeping Beauty– The Nutcracker– Swan Lake (with Ivanov)– Created over 50 ballets in total
Famous Choreography
• Grand pas de Deux
• 32 Fouettes
• Mime Use
32 Fouette's
Famous Collaborations
• Glazunov• Tchaikovsky• Pugni• Minkus
His Influence
Work Cited
• Anderson, Jack. “Ballet & Modern Dance: A Concise History.2nd Edition. Princeton Book Company, 1992
• Beales, John. Ballet Encyclopedia. 2004.http://www.theballet.com/petipa.php