March 2: Today in Dance
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2 min readMar 2, 2021
Born Today: Lev Ivanov
Long overlooked, ballet choreographer Lev Ivanov (1834–1901) contributed choreography to famous classical ballets often attributed solely to Marius Petipa (1818–1910), including Swan Lake (1877) and Cinderella (1893). Ivanov was responsible for co-choreographing the original Nutcracker (1892) with Petipa, but was not credited in the program. Ivanov’s most iconic piece is the Dance of the Little…
