pbl Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Did Marius Petipa's family make up the family name as a stage name? It is so close to "little steps" that I can't help but wonder. This must be covered somewhere on the web, but my search hasn't brought up an answer. Thank you. -Paris. Link to comment
Helene Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I don't see anywhere on the web (without subscription) that suggests that Petipa's father, also a dancer, changed the family name. However, the article on Jean-Antoine Petipa in the "Oxford Dictionary of Dance," which I don't have at hand, would likely say so if he did. Link to comment
sandik Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 No mention of a name change in the Oxford dictionary (or at least in the 1982 edition). And no mention of a name change in the International Encyclopedia of Dance, which cites a Lillian Moore monograph in the May 1942 edition of Dance Index. Link to comment
pbl Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 It just seems to be a stretch that a family of dancers would coincidentally have a name so close to "little steps" Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 No stranger than a name like Millepied! Though I don't know about his family - Link to comment
sandik Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I always liked Patricia Nearhoof. And Lucas Threefoot. Link to comment
duffster Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Having been a former dancer, I was amused to find out that one of my ancestors last name was Lightfoot. Link to comment
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