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The Romanovs and the Rise of Russian Ballet
Before Rasputin’s mysticism or the Bolshevik uprising, Imperial Russia was forging a global cultural identity through dance. This episode explores how the Romanov court transformed ballet from a French import into a distinctively Russian art form. We trace the journey from Peter the Great’s early attempts to introduce Western manners to the establishment of the Imperial Theatres in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Key figures like Charles Didelot, who pioneered flying techniques, and Marius Petipa, the French choreographer who codified the classical repertoire, are central to this story. The…
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