Feliks Krzesiński’s 1888 Petersburg Jubilee
Joanna Sibilska
Theatre Museum (Poland)
Abstract
Based on letters from the Krzesiński family collection held at the Library of the Institute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences, as well as Russian periodicals and other sources, the author reconstructs the details of jubilee celebrations in honour of the eminent dancer Feliks Krzesinski (1823–1905), investigating their circumstances, course, and reception. The event took place on 31st January 1888 (according to the Julian calendar) in Saint Petersburg, where the artist settled in 1852, after a successful career in the ballet of the Warsaw Government Theatres. The jubilee celebrated fifty years of his activity as an artist, including thirty-five years at Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre. The author of the article uses this opportunity to correct some inaccuracies perpetuated in narratives about ballet history, which often repeat blunders from original press accounts.
Keywords:
ballet, ballet history, dance, dance history, Feliks KrzesińskiReferences
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Źródła prasowe: Birzevyye Vedomosti, nr 33 (1888); Gazeta Warszawska, nr 49 (1888); Kraj, nr 4, 6 (1888); Minuta, nr 31 (1888); Peterburgskiy Listok, nr 3, 31 (1888); Russkaya Gazeta, nr 33 (1888); Syn Ot’yechestva, nr 29 (1888).
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Authors
Joanna SibilskaTheatre Museum Poland
Joanna Sibilska
graduate of the State Ballet School in Poznań and the Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory in St. Petersburg (with two specialties: ballet historian and critic, and pedagogue-co-repetrator). Professionally associated with the Theater Museum in Warsaw and the Feliks Parnell State Ballet School in Lodz. Author of publications on the history of ballet.
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