St. Petersburg Mariinsky style

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ballet style classical ballet tradition

St. Petersburg Mariinsky style refers to the refined, classical Russian ballet tradition associated with the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, known for its elegance, precision, and lyrical expressiveness.

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instanceOf ballet style ⓘ
classical ballet tradition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs St. Petersburg Mariinsky style ⓘ
surface form: Mariinsky style

St. Petersburg classical style ⓘ
associatedWith Mariinsky Ballet ⓘ
surface form: Kirov Ballet

Mariinsky Theatre ⓘ
characterizedBy academic classicism ⓘ
clarity of positions ⓘ
elegance ⓘ
epaulement emphasis ⓘ
lyrical expressiveness ⓘ
musicality ⓘ
precision ⓘ
purity of line ⓘ
refined port de bras ⓘ
restrained virtuosity ⓘ
smooth transitions ⓘ
cityOfOrigin St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg
continuedIn 21st century ballet practice ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
developedAt Mariinsky Theatre ⓘ
surface form: Mariinsky Theatre ballet school
emphasizes classical line ⓘ
clean footwork ⓘ
coordination of head, arms, and torso ⓘ
long, unbroken phrases ⓘ
upper body expressiveness ⓘ
historicalRoot Imperial Russian Ballet tradition ⓘ
Vaganova method ⓘ
influenced 20th century Russian ballet ⓘ
international classical ballet aesthetics ⓘ
influencedBy Agrippina Vaganova ⓘ
Imperial Russian Ballet ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Ballet of Saint Petersburg

Marius Petipa ⓘ
movementQuality fluid ⓘ
harmonious ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ
notableFor homogeneous corps de ballet ⓘ
refined classical mime ⓘ
strict academic training ⓘ
pedagogicalBasis Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet ⓘ
performanceContext Mariinsky Theatre ⓘ
surface form: Mariinsky Theatre main stage

classical full-length ballets ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century origins ⓘ
typicalRepertoire La Bayadère ⓘ
Raymonda ⓘ
Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
surface form: Swan Lake

The Nutcracker, Op. 71 ⓘ
surface form: The Nutcracker

The Sleeping Beauty ⓘ

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“Diamonds” → aestheticInspiration → St. Petersburg Mariinsky style ⓘ
subject surface form: Diamonds
St. Petersburg Mariinsky style → alsoKnownAs → St. Petersburg Mariinsky style ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariinsky style