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The Mariinsky Ballet is a classical ballet company based at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russian Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world's leading ballet companies. Internationally, the Mariinsky Ballet is most commonly known by its former Soviet name the Kirov Ballet. The Mariinsky Ballet is the parent company of the ''Vaganova Ballet Academy'', a leading international ballet school. ==History== The ''Mariinsky Ballet'' was founded in the 1740s, following the formation of the first Russian dance school in 1738. The ''Imperial Theatre School'' as it was originally known, was established on 4 May 1738, at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg. It would become the predecessor of today's ''Vaganova Ballet Academy''. The school's founder director was the French ballet master and teacher Jean-Baptiste Landé and the purpose of creating the school was to train young dancers to form the first Russian ballet company. The first group of students included twelve boys and twelve girls, who later went on to form what would become the predecessor of today's ''Mariinsky Ballet''. Very little information exists from the formative years of the ballet company, however it is known that both the school and the ballet company were linked by name, becoming the ''Imperial Ballet School'' and ''Imperial Russian Ballet'', names that continued to be used until the abolition of Imperial rule. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the ''Imperial Russian Ballet'' soon rose to prominence and would employ some of the most influential and famous names in ballet history including Charles Didelot, Marie Taglioni, Christian Johansson, Enrico Cecchetti, Jules Perrot, Fanny Cerrito and Carlotta Grisi. Following the Russian Revolution, the Soviet government decided that the ballet school and company were unwanted symbols of the tsarist regime and went on to close them both. The ballet company was the first to be re-established, becoming known as the ''Soviet Ballet'', with the school re-opening later as the ''Leningrad State Choreographic School'', both remaining in their previous locations. Following the assassination of the Bolshevik revolutionary Sergey Kirov in 1934, the then ''Soviet Ballet'' was renamed the ''Kirov Ballet'', a name which is still sometimes incorrectly used. After the end of communist rule, both the ballet company and opera company at the Mariinsky Theatre were linked to the theatre by name, becoming the ''Mariinsky Ballet'' and ''Mariinsky Opera'' and both companies are run by the theatre itself. Despite later name changes and pressures of the Russian revolution, the present day ''Mariinsky Ballet'' is still linked to the school, which is now known as the ''Vaganova Ballet Academy''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mariinsky Ballet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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