The Blue Dahlia (ballet)

The Blue Dahlia (ballet)

The Blue Dahlia (AKA Le Dahlia Bleu) - is a "Fantastic ballet" in 2 Acts, with choreography by Marius Petipa, and music by Cesare Pugni. Libretto by Marius Petipa.

First presented by the Imperial Ballet on OldStyleDate|May 12|1860|April 30 at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. "Principal dancers -" Mariia Surovshchikova-Petipa (as the Blue Dahlia), and Timofei Stukolkin (as Beausoleil)

Revivals/Restagings

*Revival by Pavel Gerdt for the Imperial Ballet. First presented at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, on March 5–18, 1905. "Principal Dancers -" Lubov Egorova (as the Blue Dahlia)

:"NB" Petipa disliked Gerdt's 1905 revival of "The Blue Dahlia" to such a degree that he requested his name be removed from the program.


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