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Classical ballet
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Classical ballet is any of the traditional, formal styles of ballet that exclusively employ classical ballet technique. It is known for its aesthetics and rigorous technique, its flowing, precise move
Painting of ballet dancers by Edgar Degas, 1872
Painting of ballet dancers by Edgar Degas, 1872
Marius Ivanovich Petipa, February 14, 1898
Marius Ivanovich Petipa, February 14, 1898
Dancers performing Swan Lake
Dancers performing Swan Lake
Marie Taglioni, a pioneer of pointe work
Marie Taglioni, a pioneer of pointe work
Swan Lake
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Swan Lake is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failure, it is now one of the most popular ballets of all time.
Classical ballet
…Don Quixote: choreographed by Marius Petipa Swan Lake: choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov The Nutcracker: choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov…
Design by Frédéric de Haenen for the décor of act 2, Moscow 1877
Design by Frédéric de Haenen for the décor of act 2, Moscow 1877
Adelina Juri [ru] as Odette and Mikhail Mordkin as Prince Siegfried in Aleksandr Gorsky's staging of the Petipa/Ivanov Swan Lake for the Bolshoi Theat
Adelina Juri [ru] as Odette and Mikhail Mordkin as Prince Siegfried in Aleksandr Gorsky's staging of the Petipa/Ivanov Swan Lake for the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, 1901. A young Vera Karalli is seen kneeling.
Anna Sobeshchanskaya as Odette in Julius Reisinger's original production of Swan Lake, Moscow 1877
Anna Sobeshchanskaya as Odette in Julius Reisinger's original production of Swan Lake, Moscow 1877
Pierina Legnani as Odette (1895)
Pierina Legnani as Odette (1895)