Ivanov L.I., (1834-1901), choreographer

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IVANOV Lev Ivanovich (1834-1901, St. Petersburg), ballet dancer and choreographer. He graduated from Petersburg Theatre School in 1852. He studied under F. Malovern, E. Gredlu, and J. Petipa Father. The first classical dancer of St. Petersburg's Ballet Company, he was the director and a co-choreographer from 1882 and 1885, respectively. He created such ballets as R. E. Drigo's Charmed Forest in 1887, choreographed together with M. I. Petipa, B. A. Shel's Tulip of Harlem in 1887, P. I. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker in 1892, and Drigo's Magic Flute in 1893. He became renowned for the dances of swans choreographed for Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, some of them still considered masterpieces. His ballets featured such dancers as P. Leniani, E. Cornalba, G. Dael-Era, P. A. Gerdt, A. C. Ioganson, V. A. Nikitina, M. F. Kschessinska, and O. I. Preobrazhenskaya. He lived at 17 Kryukov Canal Embankment.

Reference: Слонимский Ю. И. Мастера балета: К. Дидло, Ж. Перро, А. Сен-Леон, Л. Иванов, М. Петипа. М.; Л., 1937; Его же. П. И. Чайковский и балетный театр его времени. М., 1956. С. 169-199; Красовская В. М. Русский балетный театр второй половины XIX века. Л.; М., 1963. С. 337-401.

G. N. Dobrovolskaya. Cornalba Elena
Del-Era G.
Drigo Richard Evgenievich
Gerdt Pavel Andreevich
Gredlu E.
Ioganson Anna Christianovna
Ivanov Lev Ivanovich
Kschessinska Mathilde (Maria) Felixovna
Legnani Pierina
Malovern Frederic
Nikitina Varvara Alexandrovna
Petipa Jean-Antoine
Preobrazhenskaya Olga Iosifovna (Osipovna)
Tchaikovsky Peter Ilyich
Vietinghof-Scheel Boris Alexandrovich, Baron
Kryukova Canal Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 17
Слонимский Ю. И. Мастера балета: К. Дидло, Ж. Перро, А. Сен-Леон, Л. Иванов, М. Петипа. М.; Л., 1937
Красовская В. М. Русский балетный театр второй половины XIX века. Л.; М., 1963
Слонимский Ю. И. П. И. Чайковский и балетный театр его времени. М., 1956 Theatre College