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Using Petipa

  • In the example corpus, petipa often appears in combinations such as: marius petipa, petipa to.

Context around Petipa

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

marius 4× length 1× complicated 1×

Often after:

biography 1× convinced 1×

Sentence patterns with Petipa

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

choreographer marius petipa in st 1× choreographer marius petipa to the 1× citation marius petipa re choreographed 1× era will petipa 1× full length petipa biography in 1× instance in petipa s pharaoh 1× needlessly complicated petipa convinced them 1× of from petipa to balanchine 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

for instance in 1× in recent decades 1× isabella boylston and 1× le corsaire premiered 1× macmillan s piece 1× ms meisner s 1×

Common sentence endings:

completes the programme 1× era will petipa 1× first neoclassical ballet 1× it maes 146 1× late 19th century 1× of ludwig minkus 1×

Words around Petipa

Just before it in the word index:

petioles 9 petiole 8 petinos 2 petillo 3 petillius 4 petigru 2

Just after it in the word index:

petiq 2 petit 183 petitcodiac 6 petite 135 petites 7 petitio 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Petipa

  • In this selection, "petipa" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, marius, length, complicated, biography and convinced stand out and add context to how "petipa" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include choreographer marius petipa in st and choreographer marius petipa to the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "petipa" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with petipa

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Perhaps every ballet era will Petipa. (6 words)

In recent decades, however, all three composers have been infiltrating ballet repertory — thanks to Petipa. (15 words)

Tim Scholl, author of From Petipa to Balanchine, considers George Balanchine's Apollo in 1928 to be the first neoclassical ballet. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

MacMillan’s piece Concerto is set to Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto no.2; Ashton’s Enigma Variations is set to Elgar’s eponymous score; and Nureyev’s staging of Marius Petipa’s Raymonda Act III completes the programme. (38 words)

Tchaikovsky's work with Julius Reisinger on Swan Lake was evidently also successful, since it left him with no qualms about working with Petipa, but very little is written about it (Maes, 146). (33 words)

For instance, in Petipa's Pharaoh's Daughter (1862), an Englishman imagines himself, in an opium-induced dream, as an Egyptian boy who wins the love of the Pharaoh's daughter, Aspicia. (32 words)

Example sentences (12)

La Bayadère (“The Temple Dancer”) is a ballet, originally staged in four acts and seven tableaux by French choreographer Marius Petipa to the music of Ludwig Minkus.

In recent decades, however, all three composers have been infiltrating ballet repertory — thanks to Petipa.

Isabella Boylston and James Whiteside in American Ballet Theater’s version of Petipa’s “Harlequinade,” which Alexei Ratmansky reconstructed, using period notations.

MacMillan’s piece Concerto is set to Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto no.2; Ashton’s Enigma Variations is set to Elgar’s eponymous score; and Nureyev’s staging of Marius Petipa’s Raymonda Act III completes the programme.

Ms. Meisner’s book, the first full-length Petipa biography in English, is by far the most detailed and complete survey of his life and work to date.

Perhaps every ballet era will Petipa.

For instance, in Petipa's Pharaoh's Daughter (1862), an Englishman imagines himself, in an opium-induced dream, as an Egyptian boy who wins the love of the Pharaoh's daughter, Aspicia.

Le Corsaire premiered in 1856 at the Paris Opera, with choreography by Joseph Mazilier. citation Marius Petipa re-choreographed the ballet for the Maryinsky Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1899.

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Tchaikovsky's work with Julius Reisinger on Swan Lake was evidently also successful, since it left him with no qualms about working with Petipa, but very little is written about it (Maes, 146).

The ballet has a long performance history in Russia via the revivals of the choreographer Marius Petipa in St. Petersburg throughout the late 19th century.

Tim Scholl, author of From Petipa to Balanchine, considers George Balanchine's Apollo in 1928 to be the first neoclassical ballet.

When The Sleeping Beauty was seen by its dancers as needlessly complicated, Petipa convinced them to put in the extra effort.

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Common combinations with petipa

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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