Дом Петипа

This book is about the history of the most famous Russian ballet theater, the Mariinskii Theater in St. Petersburg and its superstar Marius Petipa (1822-1910). He was the soloist and director of the Emperor's Ballet Theater in 1869-1903. But the book is also about the most famous productions of the theater in the 19th-20th centuries, Petipa's teacher and competitors, other stars and directors in the last one and a half centuries. 160 black-and-white illustrations. 430 p. [154 ill.]