What is Lucien Petipa?
[[Image:Lucien Petipa 1845.jpg|thumb|Lucien Petipa]] '''Joseph Lucien Petipa''' (22 December 1815 {{mdash}} 7 July 1898) was a [[France|French]] [[ballet]] dancer and [[choreographer]]. He was born in [[Marseille]], France to choreographer and dancer Jean Petipa. He was the brother of [[Ballet Master]] of the Russian Imperial Ballet, [[Marius Petipa]]. Lucien made his Paris debut on 10 June 1840 in ''[[La Sylphide]]'' with [[Fanny Elssler]]. He partnered [[Carlotta Grisi]] in the first ''[[Giselle]]'', the first ''[[Paquita]]'', and many other ballets of the 1840s. He choreographed his first full-length ballet, ''Sacountala'', in 1858. He choreographed a few other ballets, but devoted himself mostly to developing dancers. Between 1860{{ndash}}68, he was [[Ballet Master]] at the [[Paris Opéra Ballet]], and later Professor of Mime at the Conservatory. In 1882, he produced his most popular and most successful ballet ''Namouna''. He died in [[Versailles, Yvelines|Versailles]]. == Notes == * Beaumont, Cyril W. (1996). ''A Ballet Called Giselle''. Dance Books. pp.&nbsp;75–7 {{ISBN|1-85273-004-8}}. == Other websites == {{commons cat-inline}} {{Ballet}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Petipa, Lucien}} [[Category:French ballet dancers]] [[Category:French choreographers]] [[Category:People from Marseille]] [[Category:1815 births]] [[Category:1898 deaths]]