La Fille des Neiges
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''The Daughter of the Snows'' (also known as ''Snegurochka'' or ''La Fille des neiges'') is a ballet in three acts and five scenes, with choreography by
Marius Petipa Marius Ivanovich Petipa (russian: Мариус Иванович Петипа), born Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa (11 March 1818), was a French ballet dancer, pedagogue and choreographer. Petipa is one of the most influential ballet masters an ...
and music by Ludwig Minkus. The libretto by Marius Petipa is based on the play '' The Snow Maiden'' by Alexander Ostrovsky, inspired by a Russian folk fairy tale about
Snegurochka Snegurochka (diminutive) or Snegurka ( rus, Снегу́рочка (diminutive), Снегу́рка, p=sʲnʲɪˈgurətɕkə, snʲɪˈgurkə), or The Snow Maiden, is a character in Russian fairy tales. This character has no apparent roots in ...
from the folklore collection by Alexander Afanasyev. The ballet premiered on 7 January 1879 at the St. Petersburg Imperial Bolshoi Kammeny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia by the Imperial Ballet. Principal dancers:
Ekaterina Vazem Yekaterina Ottovna Vazem (born Matilda Vazem; russian: Екатери́на Отто́вна Ва́зем; 25 January 1848, Moscow – 14 December 1937, Leningrad) aka Ekaterina Vazemwas a Russian prima ballerina and instructor, whose most noted ...
(as the Snow Maiden). Ballets by Marius Petipa Ballets by Ludwig Minkus 1879 ballet premieres Ballets premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre, Saint Petersburg Snegurochka {{ballet-stub