Evoluția baletului rus – de la Kirov la Mariinski
The Evolution of Russian Ballet - from Kirov to Mariinsky

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the evolution of Russian ballet and the role of the French choreographer Marius Petipa in the establishment of the Mariinsky Theatre legacy. The article concentrates on how the rigorous norms of classical dance have been transcended throughout the evolution of this art in Imperial Russia, answering the following question: why did the art of ballet flourish into its classical perfection in Imperial Russia, even though it took its origins from the Italian Renaissance and its founders were French? The mere transposition of ballet from its starting point (France) to Russia is an act of creation in itself. Over the past decades, Russians have emphasized the astonishing classical perfection with unsurpassed discipline, hard work, intelligence, elegance, wisdom, and assumed like no one else in history the physical as well as the emotional demands of the classical ballet.

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