Alexander Gorsky

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Alexander Gorsky was a Russian ballet master and choreographer known for revitalizing classical ballets with more naturalistic staging and dramatic realism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Alexander Gorsky canonical 13

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instanceOf Russian person ⓘ
ballet master ⓘ
choreographer ⓘ
person ⓘ
activePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
artForm choreography ⓘ
dance ⓘ
artisticApproach dramatic realism ⓘ
emphasis on acting in ballet ⓘ
greater ensemble use on stage ⓘ
naturalistic staging ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
familyName Gorsky ⓘ
fieldOfWork ballet ⓘ
genre narrative ballet ⓘ
givenName Alexander ⓘ
influenced development of 20th-century Russian ballet ⓘ
influencedBy Marius Petipa ⓘ
knownFor reinterpretation of traditional choreography ⓘ
revisions of classical ballets ⓘ
movement classical ballet ⓘ
name Alexander Gorsky ⓘ
nationality Russian ⓘ
notableFor dramatic realism in ballet ⓘ
naturalistic staging in ballet ⓘ
revitalizing classical ballets ⓘ
occupation ballet master ⓘ
choreographer ⓘ
styleCharacteristic dynamic stage compositions ⓘ
more realistic crowd scenes ⓘ
psychological depth in characters ⓘ

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Imperial Russian Ballet → employed → Alexander Gorsky ⓘ
Léonide Massine → studentOf → Alexander Gorsky ⓘ
Léonide Massine → influencedBy → Alexander Gorsky ⓘ
Marius Petipa → notableStudent → Alexander Gorsky ⓘ
Alexander Gorsky → name → Alexander Gorsky ⓘ
Riccardo Drigo → collaboratedWith → Alexander Gorsky ⓘ
Soviet ballet → notableChoreographer → Alexander Gorsky ⓘ
Imperial Theatres → employer → Alexander Gorsky ⓘ
Kitri → laterChoreographicVersionBy → Alexander Gorsky ⓘ
Gamache → developedBy → Alexander Gorsky ⓘ
Gorsky → hasNotableBearer → Alexander Gorsky ⓘ