Imperial Russian Ballet

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ballet company state-sponsored cultural institution

The Imperial Russian Ballet was the prestigious state-sponsored ballet company of the Russian Empire, renowned for its classical repertoire, technical excellence, and role in shaping the foundations of modern ballet.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Imperial Ballet 2
Imperial Ballet of Saint Petersburg 1
Moscow Imperial Troupe 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet company ⓘ
state-sponsored cultural institution ⓘ
activeDuring 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Imperial Russian Ballet ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Ballet

Mariinsky Ballet ⓘ
Mariinsky Ballet ⓘ
surface form: St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet
artForm ballet ⓘ
associatedInstitution Imperial Ballet School ⓘ
Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet ⓘ
basedIn Mariinsky Theatre ⓘ
collaboratedWith Alexander Glazunov ⓘ
Ludwig Minkus ⓘ
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
Ludwig Minkus ⓘ
surface form: Riccardo Drigo
country Russian Empire ⓘ
dissolvedOrTransformedAfter Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
employed Agrippina Vaganova ⓘ
Alexander Gorsky ⓘ
Anna Pavlova ⓘ
Enrico Cecchetti ⓘ
Lev Ivanov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marius Petipa ⓘ
Mathilde Kschessinska ⓘ
Michel Fokine ⓘ
Olga Preobrajenska ⓘ
Pierina Legnani ⓘ
Tamara Karsavina ⓘ
Vaslav Nijinsky ⓘ
genre classical ballet ⓘ
heritageContinuedBy Mariinsky Ballet ⓘ
influenced American Ballet Theatre ⓘ
Ballets Russes ⓘ
New York City Ballet ⓘ
Paris Opera Ballet ⓘ
The Royal Ballet ⓘ
surface form: Royal Ballet
knownFor classical repertoire ⓘ
influence on modern ballet ⓘ
technical excellence ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
location St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg
partOf Russian Imperial Theatres ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Theatres of the Russian Empire
predecessor ballet troupe of the Imperial Russian court ⓘ
premiered Don Quixote (Petipa/Gorsky version) ⓘ
La Bayadère ⓘ
Raymonda ⓘ
Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
surface form: Swan Lake (1895 Petipa–Ivanov revival)

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

The Sleeping Beauty ⓘ
sponsoredBy Russian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Imperial government of Russia
successor Leningrad State Academic Kirov Theatre of Opera and Ballet ⓘ
Mariinsky Ballet ⓘ
trainedAtSchool Imperial Ballet School ⓘ
trainingMethod Vaganova method ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Imperial Russian Ballet → alsoKnownAs → Imperial Russian Ballet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Ballet
Imperial Ballet School → associatedWith → Imperial Russian Ballet ⓘ
Mariinsky Theatre → associatedWith → Imperial Russian Ballet ⓘ
Bolshoi Ballet → foundedBy → Imperial Russian Ballet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moscow Imperial Troupe
St. Petersburg Mariinsky style → influencedBy → Imperial Russian Ballet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Ballet of Saint Petersburg
subject surface form: The Sleeping Beauty
this entity surface form: Imperial Ballet