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Lev Ivanov

1834 - 1901

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Lev Ivanovich Ivanov (Russian: Лев Ива́нович Ива́нов; 2 March 1834, Moscow – 24 December 1901, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer and later, Second Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet. As a performer with the Imperial Ballet, he achieved prominence after performing as an understudy in a benefit performance of La Fille Mal Gardée. He is most famous as the choreographer of Acts II and IV of Swan Lake, which include the Dance of the Little Swans, Act II of Cinderella, and The Nutcracker, which he choreographed alongside Marius Petipa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lev Ivanov is the 38th most popular dancer (down from 36th in 2019), the 708th most popular biography from Russia (up from 723rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Lev Ivanov ranks 38 out of 116. Before him are Pierre Beauchamp, Alexander Godunov, Agrippina Vaganova, La Goulue, Filippo Taglioni, and Roland Petit. After him are Yury Grigorovich, Louise Rasmussen, Merce Cunningham, Hilde Holger, Ninette de Valois, and Zizi Jeanmaire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Lev Ivanov ranks 33. Before him are Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Heinrich von Treitschke, Gustav Nachtigal, Viktor Hartmann, and Herman Snellen. After him are Ludovic Halévy, José Hernández, Paul Kummer, James Gibbons, Infanta Amalia of Spain, and Edwin Klebs. Among people deceased in 1901, Lev Ivanov ranks 35. Before him are Shō Tai, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Jacob Georg Agardh, Iosif Gurko, and Leopoldo Alas. After him are Hiram Rhodes Revels, Albert, 4th duc de Broglie, Oreste Baratieri, Princess Januária of Brazil, Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, and Auguste Serrurier.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Lev Ivanov ranks 708 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexander Tamanian (1878), Marko Vovchok (1833), Otto Hesse (1811), Kirill Kondrashin (1914), Irina Godunova (1557), and Mordechai Spiegler (1944). After him are Alexey Kaledin (1861), Alexander Andreyevich Baranov (1746), Nikolai Rezanov (1764), Sergey Belyavsky (1883), Mikhail Mil (1909), and Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia (1854).

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Among DANCERS In Russia

Among dancers born in Russia, Lev Ivanov ranks 10. Before him are Michel Fokine (1880), Tamara Karsavina (1885), George Balanchine (1904), Galina Ulanova (1910), Alexander Godunov (1949), and Agrippina Vaganova (1879). After him are Yury Grigorovich (1927), Léonide Massine (1896), Olga Preobrajenska (1871), Vladimir Vasiliev (1940), Lydia Lopokova (1892), and Vera Karalli (1889).

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