Lev Ivanov

Ballet master, Deceased Person

1834 – 1901

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Who was Lev Ivanov?

Lev Ivanovich Ivanov was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer and later, Second Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet. He is the choreographer of Dance of the little swans from Swan Lake.

He entered the Moscow School of Dance, but in 1844 he was transferred to Saint Petersburg and began to study there; among his teachers: Jean-Antoine Petipa, Alexandr Pimenov, Pierre Frédéric Malavergne and Emile Graidlu?.

Historically, Ivanov is credited with choreographing the entirety of premiere of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker in 1892 due to the ill health of Ballet Master Marius Petipa. While some contemporary and modern accounts dispute this, Ivanov is still mentioned in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Second Edition with choreographing at least the majority of the ballet as Petipa had reportedly not progressed very far in his work. Regardless of the amount of work he actually did, Pepita's was the only name listed for choreography on posters for the first production in St. Petersburg.

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Born
Mar 2, 1834
Moscow
Also known as
  • Иванов, Лев Иванович
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Died
Dec 24, 1901
Saint Petersburg

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on July 23, 2013

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