Russian Ballet

Russia was not the founder of ballet, however, a lot of the ballet technique that we use today came from Russian decent. Ballet in Russian began during the 1700's. There was only one ballet school in Russia before the St. Petersburg Imperial School of Ballet. When ballet first began in Russia it was mostly dominated by French and Italian dancers, but over time Russia started to incorporate their own ideas into the mix. In 1909 Russia initiated a touring ballet company which expanded the Russian ballet across the world. There are many widely known ballet dancers who have come from Russia including, Anna Pavlova, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and so many more! The Russian ballet is known throughout the world to this day, and their techniques are used worldwide for training uprising dancers. Russia has many attractions surrounded around ballet, and most cities specially build theaters for ballet productions to be held in.