Marius Petipa
French-Russian ballet dancer and pedagogue
Marius Ivanovich Petipa, born Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa, was a French and Russian ballet dancer, pedagogue and choreographer. Petipa is one of the most influential ballet masters and choreographers in ballet history. Wikipedia
Born: March 11, 1818, Marseille, France
Died: July 14, 1910 (age 92 years), Hurzuf
Parents: Jean-Antoine Petipa and Victorine Grasseau
Children: Marie Petipa, Marius Mariusovich Petipa, Mariy Petipa, and more
Grandchildren: Nikolai Radin and Nadezhda Petipa-Chizhova
Siblings: Lucien Petipa
Spouse: Lyubov Savitskaya (m. 1876) and Mariia Surovshchikova-Petipa (m. 1854–1869)