Pierina Legnani (1863, Italy – 1923, Italy) was an Italian ballerina, a terre-à-terre virtuosa extraordinaire, considered one of the greatest ballerinas of all time. From 1893 until 1901 she was Prima Ballerina Assoluta with the Tsar's Imperial Ballet at the Maryinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg.[1] Legnani trained at La Scala where she developed her technical expertise. She was the first Ballerina to perform 32 fouettés en tournant[2].
Legnani danced the roles of Odette & Odile in the 1895 Riccardo Drigo revised version of the ballet Swan Lake .
Ballets of Petipa featuring Pierina Legnani
- Cinderella from Petipa/Ivanov/Cecchetti (music by Fitingof-Shell, 1893), Legnani was the first to establish 32 fouettés en tournant)
- The Talisman (music by Riccardo Drigo, 1895 )
- La Perle (music by Drigo, 1896)
- Raymonda (music by Aleksandr Glazunov, 1898)
- Les ruses d’amour (music by Glazunov)
- Coppélia (version from Petipa/Cecchetti, music by Léo Delibes, 1896)
- The Cavalry Halt (music by Johann Armsheimer, 1896)
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References
- ^ Mary Clarke and David Vaughan (eds) 1977. The encyclopedia of dance & ballet. Pitmans, London. p209
- ^ Wiley, Roland John (1997). The Life and Ballets of Lev Ivanov. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 165. ISBN 0198165676.
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