Cecchetti VS Vagonva

in 1897, Agrippina Vaganova began dancing with the school's associated professional company, the Imperial Russian Ballet.

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Vaganova developed a ballet technique that combined elements of French, Italian, and earlier Russian technique, and a training method to teach the technique.

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Today the Vaganova method is the most widely used ballet teaching method in Russia, and it is also used in Europe and North America.

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The Vaganova training method relies on the following principle: That all training can be encompassed and displayed in the course of one grand pas de deux.

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Under the Cecchetti Method, dancers follow strict routines and daily exercises to develop all-around skills to support learning and performance of every kind of dance

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Cecchetti immediately began transforming the traditionally conservative roles for the male dancer, making drastic changes to the choreography of the male variations featured in the works of the Imperial Ballet's repertory.

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In 1890, Cecchetti performed in the ground-breaking production of The Sleeping Beauty, where his performance as the Bluebird caused a sensation in the auditorium of the Mariinsky Theatre.

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The choreography, performed by Cecchetti, of the Bluebird in "Sleeping Beauty" has challenged male dancers even to the present day.

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