Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa (11 March 1818 – 14 July [O.S. 1 July] 1910) was a French ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer. Petipa is considered to be the most influential ballet master and choreographer of ballet.Marius Petipa is noted for his long career as premier maître de ballet of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres, a position he held from 1871 until 1903. Petipa created over fifty ballets, some of which have survived in versions either faithful to, inspired by, or reconstructed from the original — The Pharaoh's Daughter (1862); Don Quixote (1869); La Bayadère (1877); Le Talisman (1889); The Sleeping Beauty (1890); The Nutcracker (which was most likely choreographed by Lev Ivanov, perhaps with Petipa's counsel and instruction) (1892); Le Réveil de Flore (1894); La Halte de cavalerie (1896); Raymonda (1898); Les Saisons (1900), and Les Millions d’Arlequin (a.k.a. Harlequinade) (1900).Petipa revived a substantial number of works created by other Ballet Masters. Many of these revivals would go on to become the definitive editions from which all subsequent productions would be based. The most famous of these revivals are Le Corsaire, Giselle, La Esmeralda, Coppélia, La Fille Mal Gardée (with Lev Ivanov), The Little Humpbacked Horse and Swan Lake (with Lev Ivanov).Many dances have survived in an independent form from Petipa's original works and revivals in versions either based on the original or choreographed anew by others – the Grand Pas classique, Pas de trois and Mazurka des enfants from Paquita; La Carnaval de Venise Pas de deux from Satanella; The Talisman Pas de deux; La Esmeralda Pas de deux; the Diane and Actéon Pas de deux; Le Halte de Cavalerie Pas de deux; the Don Quixote Pas de deux; La Fille Mal Gardée Pas de deux; and the Harlequinade Pas de deux.All of the full-length works and individual pieces which have survived in active performance are considered to be cornerstones of the ballet repertory.
Considered the greatest ballet choreographer of the 19th century, and one of the greatest of all time. He choreographed the original productions of many ballets written by some of the world's greatest composers.
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Schwanensee
2014
TV Movie choreographer: original
The Bolshoi Ballet: Live from Moscow
2011-2012
TV Series choreographer - 5 episodes
First Position
2011
Documentary choreographer
Zhisel v 3D
2011
choreographer: adaptation
The Nutcracker
2009
choreographer: original
Swan Lake
2009
Video choreographer: original production
Don Quixote
2009
Video choreographer: original production
Center Stage: Turn It Up
2008
original choreography: Black Swan Pas de Deux
Swan Lake
2007
Video choreographer: original version
The Sleeping Beauty
2007
TV Movie choreographer: original
Ballerina
2006
TV Movie documentary choreographer - Neapolitan Dance
Great Performances: Dance in America
2005
TV Series choreographer - 1 episode
Great Performances
1995-2001
TV Series choreographer - 2 episodes
Maurice Bejart's Nutcracker
2000
TV Movie choreographer: Act II Grand Pas de Deux
Le corsaire
1999
TV Movie choreographer: original
Live from Lincoln Center
1976-1999
TV Series choreographer - 2 episodes
Le lac des cygnes
1992
TV Movie choreographer: original
La Bayadère - The Temple Dancer
1991
TV Movie choreographer: original
Coppélia
1990
TV Movie ballet: Revised by
The Sleeping Beauty
1989
Video choreographer: original
Natalya Makarova's Swan Lake
1988
TV Movie choreographer: original
The Nutcracker
1985
TV Movie choreographer: original - uncredited
Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), a Ballet in Three Acts
1984
TV Movie choreographer: Original ballet production
The Sleeping Beauty
1982
TV Movie choreographer
Pavlova: A Tribute to the Legendary Ballerina
1982
TV Movie choreographer
Swan Lake
1982
TV Movie choreographer: original
The Turning Point
1977
choreographer: "Black Swan: Pas de deux" and "Le Corsaire"
Baryshnikov: Live at Wolf Trap
1976
TV Movie choreographer: "Don Quixote"
I Am a Dancer
1972
Documentary choreographer: "Sleeping Beauty"
Spyashchaya krasavitsa
1964
choreographer: original choreography
The Nutcracker
1964
TV Movie choreographer: original - uncredited
Omnibus
1956
TV Series choreographer - 1 episode
Producers' Showcase
1955
TV Series choreographer - 1 episode
Stars in Your Eyes
1947
TV Series choreographer - 1 episode
The Sleeping Princess
1939
TV Movie original choreography
Le lac des cygnes
1937
TV Movie choreographer
Bluebird
1936
TV Movie original choreography
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre
2013
choreography
The Bolshoi Ballet: Live from Moscow
TV Series libretto - 1 episode, 2011 with ideas borrowed from - 1 episode, 2010