Name Sergei Legat | Siblings Nikolai Legat | |
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Died November 1, 1905, Saint Petersburg, Russia | ||
The fairy Doll variation
Sergei Gustavovich Legat (Russian: Серге́й Густа́вович Лега́т; 27 September 1875 – 1 November 1905) was a Russian ballet dancer.
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Pas De Deux from The Fairy Doll
Background
Sergei Gustavovich Legat was born on 27 September, 1875, in Moscow. The younger brother of Nikolai Legat, he studied at the imperial ballet school with Pavel Gerdt, Christian Johansson, Lev Ivanov and his brother. Legat joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 1894 and quickly became a soloist. Admired for his stylistic performances he also taught, with pupils including Vaslav Nijinsky. Legat originated the dual role of the Nutcracker/Prince in Tchaikovsky's famous ballet. He married Marie Petipa (1857–1930). Many of the male variations that make up the traditional classical ballet repertory were created especially for him at the turn of the 20th century.
Death
At the outbreak of the First Russian Revolution, Legat fell out with the authorities, and on 1 November, 1905, he committed suicide in Saint Petersburg, slashing his throat with a razor.