Petipa, Marie (1836–1882)

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Petipa, Marie (1836–1882)

Russian ballet dancer. Born Marie Surovschikova (also seen as Sourvshikova), 1836, in Russia; died Mar 1882 in Pytigorsk, in the Caucasus; studied at St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet academy; m. Marius Petipa (1818–1910, ballet master and choreographer), 1854 (div. 1869); children: Marie Petipa (1857–1930).

Performed with Maryinsky Theater (under Marius Petipa, her husband) throughout career, creating roles for him in Le Marché des Innocents (1859), La Belle de Lebanon (1860), and La Danseuse Ambulate (1865), among others; danced opposite brother-in-law Lucien Petipa at Paris Opéra in numerous works (1861–62).