Lev Ivanov

Lev Ivanovich Ivanov (1834-1901) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. He became Second Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet. Ivanov is credited with choreographing The Nutcracker in 1892 due to the ill health of Ballet Master Marius Petipa. The extent of his work is disputed. Only Petipa's name appeared on posters for the first production.Goodwin, New Grove (2001), 2:853. Ivanov also worked with Petipa on a restaging of Swan Lakein 1895. He choreographed Acts 2 and 4, and the Italian and Hungarian dances in Act 3.Goodwin, New Grove (2001), 2:584. Other ballets choreographed by Ivanov as the Second Balletmaster to Petipa include "The Enchanted Forest" (1887), and "The Tulip of Haarlem" (1887). Ivanov is credited with the choreography for the "Polovetsian Dances" in the first production of Borodin's Prince Igor in 1890. Late in life, Ivanov petitioned the Imperial Theatres for financial assistance on the strength of his 50 years of service. He died in poverty.

 Ballets 
 The Enchanted Forest (1887)
 The Tulip of Haarlem (1887)
 Polovetsian Dances in the opera Prince Igor (1890)
 The Nutcracker (1892)
 Acts 2 and 4 of Swan Lake for the St Petersburg restaging (1895)

 References 

 Goodwin, Noël (Ed.) Stanley Sadie, "Ballet (2. 19th Century)," The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Second Edition. (London: MacMilian, 2001), 29 vols. .

 Other websites 
 The Ballet Encyclopedia entry for Lev Ivanov.
 Balletmet.org notes for Lev Ivanov. 
 Archive film of Alexandra Danilova performing the Sugar Plum Fairy variation from The Nutcracker after Lev Ivanov in 1952 at Jacob's Pillow 

Category:Russian choreographers
Category:1834 births
Category:1901 deaths