Platon Karsavin
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Platon Karsavin was a dancer with the Russian Imperial Ballet.
His father was a provincial actor, but the family had three children; and to feed his family, he became a tailor and moved to St. Petersburg. When Platon was 6 years old his father died. The family was again left without money. Therefore, he and his brother Vladimir had been placed in the Imperial Theatre School
- where children lived and learned free, from the imperial treasury. A teacher of Platon Karsavin was Marius Petipa
.
After Theatre School (in 1875) Platon Karsavin was admitted to a dancer at the Mariinsky Theatre
. There he worked from 1875 to 1891. He danced in the ballets of Arthur Saint-Léon
, of Marius Petipa
, of Lev Ivanov
.
After completing his career of ballet dancer, he became a teacher at the Imperial choreographic school
. Among his pupils were Michel Fokine
, Alexander Gorskiy
, Adolph Bolm
etc.
His family:
Their children:
Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy
Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy is a theatre school in Saint Petersburg. Established in 1779, it is the oldest and largest institution of its kind in Russia.- History :...
- where children lived and learned free, from the imperial treasury. A teacher of Platon Karsavin was Marius Petipa
Marius Petipa
Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa was a French ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer. Petipa is considered to be the most influential ballet master and choreographer of ballet that has ever lived....
.
After Theatre School (in 1875) Platon Karsavin was admitted to a dancer at the Mariinsky Theatre
Mariinsky Theatre
The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres. The...
. There he worked from 1875 to 1891. He danced in the ballets of Arthur Saint-Léon
Arthur Saint-Leon
Arthur Saint-Léon was the Maître de Ballet of St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet from 1859 until 1869 and is famous for creating the choreography of the ballet Coppélia.-Biography:...
, of Marius Petipa
Marius Petipa
Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa was a French ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer. Petipa is considered to be the most influential ballet master and choreographer of ballet that has ever lived....
, of Lev Ivanov
Lev Ivanov
Lev Ivanovich Ivanov was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer and later, Second Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet....
.
After completing his career of ballet dancer, he became a teacher at the Imperial choreographic school
Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy
Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy is a theatre school in Saint Petersburg. Established in 1779, it is the oldest and largest institution of its kind in Russia.- History :...
. Among his pupils were Michel Fokine
Michel Fokine
Michel Fokine was a groundbreaking Russian choreographer and dancer.-Biography:...
, Alexander Gorskiy
Alexander Alexeyevich Gorsky
Alexander Gorsky , a Russian ballet choreographer and a contemporary of Marius Petipa, is known for restaging Petipa’s classical ballets such as Swan Lake, Don Quixote, and The Nutcracker. Gorsky “sought greater naturalism, realism, and characterization” in ballet...
, Adolph Bolm
Adolph Bolm
Adolph Rudolphovitch Bolm was a Russian born American ballet dancer and choreographer....
etc.
His family:
- His wife Anna Khomiakova was the niece (a cousin’s daughter) of the famous philosopher Aleksey KhomyakovAleksey KhomyakovAleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov was a Russian religious poet who co-founded the Slavophile movement along with Ivan Kireyevsky, and became one of its most distinguished theoreticians....
.
Their children:
- Lev Platonovich Karsavin (1882–1952) was a religious philosopher and poet, author of books on the history of European culture, a professor at St. Petersburg University and Vilnius UniversityVilnius UniversityVilnius University is the oldest university in the Baltic states and one of the oldest in Eastern Europe. It is also the largest university in Lithuania....
; was arrested by Joseph StalinJoseph StalinJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
’s regime. - Tamara KarsavinaTamara KarsavinaTamara Platonovna Karsavina was a famous Russian ballerina, renowned for her beauty, who was most noted as a Principal Artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and later the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev...
(1885–1978) was a famous Russian ballerina.