Who took over the direction of the st. petersburg ballet in 1869?
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Marius Petipa
List of the main ballet masters of the Saint Petersburg State Ballet ...
st petersburg ballet 1869
Don Quixote (ballet) List of the main ballet masters of the Saint Petersburg State Ballet ... Arthur Saint-Léon Le Lys Marius Petipa Nikolai Legat Christian Johansson Henri Matisse Ludwig Minkus File:Cesare Pugni -1867 -2.JPG
Don Quixote is a <b>ballet</b> in four acts and eight scenes, based on episodes taken 
from the famous ... The production premiered on 26 December [O.S. 14 
December] <b>1869</b> to great success. ... When he staged the production in <b>St</b>. 
<b>Petersburg</b> in 1902, the composer Riccardo Drigo composed two new variations 
for Mathilde&nbsp;... The troops of the <b>ballet of Saint Petersburg</b> were created to the imperial theatres; 
after ... 1848—1859 : Jules Perrot; 1859—<b>1869</b> : Arthur Saint-Léon; <b>1869</b>—1904 : 
Marius Petipa; 1904—1909 : Michel Fokine; 1909—1922 : Nikolai Legat&nbsp;... Arthur Saint-Léon (17 September 1821, in Paris – 2 September 1870) was the 
Maître de <b>Ballet</b> of <b>St</b>. <b>Petersburg</b> Imperial <b>Ballet</b> from 1859 until <b>1869</b> and is&nbsp;... Le Lys (The Lily), also known as Liliya, is a <b>ballet</b> in 3 acts/4 scenes, with ... 21 
October] <b>1869</b>, at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in <b>St</b>. <b>Petersburg</b>, 
Russia. Marius Ivanovich Petipa (Russian: Ма́риус Ива́нович Петипа́), born Victor 
Marius Alphonse ... At the time Petipa had arrived in <b>St</b>. <b>Petersburg</b>, the Imperial 
<b>Ballet</b> had experienced a considerable decline in ... His last works for the <b>St</b>. 
<b>Petersburg</b> stage, Le Poisson doré (1866) and Le Lys (<b>1869</b>), led the Minister of 
the Imperial&nbsp;... Nikolai Gustavovich Legat (Russian: Никола́й Густа́вович Лега́т) (30 December 
<b>1869</b>, Moscow – 24 January 1937, London), was a premier dancer with the 
Russian Imperial <b>Ballet</b> from 1888 to 1914, and also with the Mariinsky <b>Ballet</b>. 
Both he and his younger brother, Sergey, became <b>ballet</b> masters and ... <b>Ballerina</b> 
of the Imperial and State theatres of Moscow and <b>St</b>. <b>Petersburg</b>. At that time in Europe, the male danseur enjoyed less importance than that of the 
<b>ballerina</b>. Only in <b>St</b>. <b>Petersburg</b> could a male dancer achieve great success&nbsp;... Henri Émile Benoît Matisse was a French artist, known for both his use of colour 
and his fluid ... Les toits de Collioure, 1905, oil on canvas, The Hermitage, <b>St</b>. 
<b>Petersburg</b>, Russia ... C. Barnes convinced Matisse to produce a large mural for 
the Barnes Foundation, The <b>Dance</b> II, which was completed in 1932; ... 1, <b>1869</b>–
1908. Ludwig Minkus (Russian: Людвиг Минкус), also known as Léon Fyodorovich 
Minkus (23 March ... Pugni had served as <b>Ballet</b> Composer of the <b>St</b>. <b>Petersburg</b> 
Imperial Theatres since ... For the Moscow Imperial Bolshoi Theatre&#39;s <b>1869</b>–1870 
season, Petipa staged a Grand <b>ballet</b> on the subject of Cervantes&#39;s Don Quixote. Composer of the <b>Ballet</b> Music to Her Majesty&#39;s Theatre, London (1843-1850); 
Composer of <b>Ballet</b> Music to the <b>St</b>. <b>Petersburg</b> Imperial Theatres (1850-1870). 
Date, circa <b>1869</b>. date QS:P,+<b>1869</b>-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902.
Marius Ivanovich Petipa
Marius Petipa