PETIPA


Meaning of PETIPA in English

Petipa, Marius BrE AmE

(1819–1910) a French ↑ ballet dancer and ↑ choreographer (=someone who arranges the way dancers move) who began the modern classical ballet. He was the choreographer for more than sixty ballets, including the famous ballets The Nutcracker , Swan Lake , and The Sleeping Beauty .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.