Enrico Cecchetti was an Italian ballet dancer, mime, and founder of the Cecchetti method.
15 Facts About Enrico Cecchetti
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Enrico Cecchetti restaged many ballets, including Petipa's definitive version of Coppelia in 1894, from which nearly all modern versions of the work are based.
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In 1890, Enrico Cecchetti performed in the ground-breaking production of The Sleeping Beauty, where his performance as the Bluebird caused a sensation in the audience at the Mariinsky Theatre.
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Enrico Cecchetti left the Imperial ballet in 1902 to accept the directorship of the Imperial Ballet School in Warsaw, Poland, then part of the Russian Empire.
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In 1919 Enrico Cecchetti performed at the inaugural performance of the ballet, La Boutique fantasque, in London, appearing in the role of the shopkeeper.
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In 1887 Enrico Cecchetti performed in St Petersburg where Ivan Vsevolozhsky, the director of the Mariinsky Theatre saw him perform.
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Enrico Cecchetti was so impressed with Cecchetti that he immediately hired Cecchetti as a principal dancer for the theatre.
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Enrico Cecchetti immediately began transforming the traditionally conservative roles for the male dancer, making drastic changes to the choreography of the male variations featured in the works of the Imperial Ballet's repertory.
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In 1890, Enrico Cecchetti performed in the ground-breaking production of The Sleeping Beauty, where his performance as the Bluebird caused a sensation in the auditorium of the Mariinsky Theatre.
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Enrico Cecchetti left the Imperial ballet in 1902 to accept the directorship of the Imperial Ballet School in Warsaw, Poland.
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In 1919 Enrico Cecchetti performed at the inaugural performance of the ballet La Boutique fantasque in London, appearing in the role of the shopkeeper.
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Enrico Cecchetti studied with other two colleagues of his father: Cesare Coppini, who worked a La Scala of Milan, and Filippo Taglioni, father of the dancer Maria Taglioni.
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So, too, the Enrico Cecchetti method has been passed on directly by his former pupils such as Laura Wilson.
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Two years later, Enrico Cecchetti was deeply affected by the death of his wife and died in Milan on 13 November 1928.
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Enrico Cecchetti created a ballet technique that is known as the Enrico Cecchetti method.