Petipa

[ pet-ee-pah, pet-ee-pah; French puh-tee-pah ]

noun

1. Mar·i·us [mair, -ee-, uh, s, mar, -, m, a, -, ryys], 1819–1910, French ballet dancer and choreographer in Russia.

Petipa

/ pətipa /

noun

1. PetipaMarius18191910MFrenchDANCE: ballet dancerDANCE: choreographer Marius. 1819–1910, French ballet dancer and choreographer of the Russian imperial ballet: collaborated with Tchaikovsky on The Sleeping Beauty (1890)

Example Sentences

In autumn he spoke of doing so, and engaged Petipa with a view to this.

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Let M. Petipa be once awkward, or even absent, and Carlotta will break her head upon the boards.

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