By Kaija Pepper When Marius Petipa landed in St. Petersburg in 1847 at age 29, he lied about his age, knocking off four years. Despite an unremarkable career in Europe, he had snagged a one-year contract as a dancer with the Russian Imperial Ballet — where he ended up working for over 50 years. The
By Robert Greskovic Part four in Dance International’s series featuring the personal photo card collection of New York correspondent Robert Greskovic. Here, he compares images from the imperial and soviet eras of Russian ballet. Count Albert, Giselle Danseur noble Viktor Alexandrovich Semyonov graduated from the imperial school in 1912, oddly the only man to do
by François Fargue The Paris dance season ended in July and started again in September in almost all-American mode. In July, we saw works by George Balanchine and Justin Peck at the Bastille, and a Forsythe evening at the Garnier, followed by New York City Ballet at Les étés de la danse festival housed at