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maestro ballet '' of the st. petersburg imperial theatres . st. marius petersburg , 1887 . ivanovich petipa , '' premier maître de 14 july 1910 gurzuf , taurida governorate , russian empire marseille , france brussels conservatory grand théâtre de bordeaux french marius petipa ballet , choreography 11 march 1818 marius ivanovich petipa - feb. 14 1898.jpg marius petipa
 marius alphonse petipa
marius petipa

marius ivanovich petipa -lrb- ru .
Мариус Иванович Петипа -rrb- , born victor marius alphonse petipa -lrb- 11 march 1818 -rrb- was a french ballet dancer , teacher and choreographer .
petipa is considered to be the most influential ballet master and choreographer in ballet history .
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 '' -lrb- 1862 -rrb- ; `` don quixote '' -lrb- 1869 -rrb- ; `` la bayadère '' -lrb- 1877 -rrb- ; `` le talisman '' -lrb- 1889 -rrb- ; `` the sleeping beauty '' -lrb- 1890 -rrb- ; `` the nutcracker '' -lrb- which was most likely choreographed by lev ivanov , perhaps with petipa 's counsel and instruction -rrb- -lrb- 1892 -rrb- ; `` le réveil de flore '' -lrb- 1894 -rrb- ; `` la halte de cavalerie '' -lrb- 1896 -rrb- ; `` raymonda '' -lrb- 1898 -rrb- ; `` les saisons '' -lrb- 1900 -rrb- , and `` les millions d'arlequin -lrb- a.k.a. harlequinade -rrb- '' -lrb- 1900 -rrb- .
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 '' -lrb- with lev ivanov -rrb- , `` the little humpbacked horse '' and `` swan lake '' -lrb- with lev ivanov -rrb- .
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 .
