1. Pyotr Andreyevich Gusev was a Russian ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer.
11 Facts About Pyotr Gusev
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Pyotr Gusev was born on 29 December, 1904 in St Petersburg.
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Pyotr Gusev studied at the St Petersburg School of Choreography under Alexandr Shiryayev.
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Pyotr Gusev was a friend of George Balanchine and joined his Young Ballet group.
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Pyotr Gusev graduated in 1924 and joined the Kirov Ballet.
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Pyotr Gusev married Olga Mungalova, a ballet dancer at Kriov.
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Pyotr Gusev was teaching at various schools and took up the role of the ballet master in the Stanislavsky Theatre.
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Pyotr Gusev set up the first ballet academies in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou and taught the first generation of Chinese ballet dancers in those institutions.
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Pyotr Gusev played the role of Marius Petipa in the film Pavlova, a film made for the memory of Anna Pavlova in 1983.
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Today Pyotr Gusev's staging is performed by several Russian ballet companies.
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Today Pyotr Gusev's choreography is the standard version performed by ballet companies throughout the world.