Marie Petipa

Marie Petipa as Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty

Marie Petipa as Lilac Fairy in Prologue of Sleeping Beauty with Lyubov Vishnevskaya as an Attendant

Marie Mariusovna Petipa (in Russian Мария Мариусовна Петипа) (29 October 1857, Saint Petersburg - 1930, Paris) was a noted Russian ballerina. She was the daughter of Marius Petipa (under whom she studied) and Maria Petipa. Her debut was at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1875 in Le Dahlia bleu and danced until 1911, mainly in the character dance repertoire. She married the dancer Serge Legat (1875-1905).

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Date of birth	29 October 1857
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Date of death	1930
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