"Decades before Cecil B. DeMille sent horse-drawn chariots thundering through the desert, the world's most famous ballet choreographer created an epic version of Egypt for the stage, and paraded live camels, monkeys and lions through a glitzy Russian opera house. With that ballet " titled The Pharoah's Daughter " Marius Petipa was just getting started." […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:12PM on May 6, 2020