Pavel Gerdt and the princes’ variations in “Sleeping Beauty”, “The Nutcracker”, and “Swan Lake”
By the time Čajkovskij’s trio of ballets — Sleeping Beauty (1890), The Nutcracker (1892), and Swan Lake (1895 redaction) — came to be performed in St. Petersburg, first dancer Pavel Gerdt had given up performing danced solos. Gerdt was nevertheless cast as the male lead in these ballets, and his sol...
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University of Bologna
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Danza e Ricerca |
| Online Access: | https://danzaericerca.unibo.it/article/view/16069 |