Russian Ballet History
T
he formal start of Russian ballet began with a
letter written by a gymnastics teacher to Empress Anne in 1737 asking to be
given twelve students to create ballets and theater dances. The request was
granted and the teacher was given two rooms in the Old Winter Palace. This
school would later become the St.
Petersburg Imperial Ballet School. Catherine
The Great also started a ballet school a little later in 1774.
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