date_of_death agrippina vaganova
Russia ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , Russia is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth of the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over ___MASK7___ million people at the end of March ___MASK5___ . The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % of the population live in European Russia . Russia ' s capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and Samara . Agrippina Yakovlevna Vaganova ( ___MASK1___  ___MASK66___ ) was a Russian ballet teacher who developed the Vaganova method  the technique which derived from the teaching methods of the old " Imperial Ballet School " ( today the " Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet ") under the " Premier Maître de Ballet " Marius Petipa throughout the mid to late 19th century , though mostly throughout the 1880s and 1890s . It was Vaganova who perfected and cultivated this form of teaching the art of classical ballet into a workable syllabus . Her " Fundamentals of the Classical Dance " ( 1934 ) remains a standard textbook for the instruction of ballet technique . Her technique is one of the most popular techniques today . Marius Ivanovich Petipa ( Russian :        ), born Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa ( ___MASK46___ ) was a French and Russian ballet dancer , pedagogue and choreographer . Petipa is considered to be the most influential ballet master and choreographer in ballet history . Agrippina Yakovlevna Vaganova ( Russian :    ; June ___MASK28___ , 1879 -- November 5 , ___MASK82___ ) was a Russian ballet teacher who developed the Vaganova method -- the technique which derived from the teaching methods of the old Imperial Ballet School ( today the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet ) under the Premier Maître de Ballet Marius Petipa throughout the mid to late 19th century , though mostly throughout the 1880s and 1890s . It was Vaganova who perfected and cultivated this form of teaching the art of classical ballet into a workable syllabus . Her Fundamentals of the Classical Dance ( 1934 ) remains a standard textbook for the instruction of ballet technique . Her technique is one of the most popular techniques today . " This article is about the year ___MASK98___ ; for the film , see ___MASK98___ ( film )" The Vaganova method is a ballet technique and training system devised by the Russian dancer and pedagogue Agrippina Vaganova ( ___MASK88___  ___MASK82___ ). It fuses elements of traditional French style from the romantic era with the athleticism and virtuosity of Italian technique . The training system is designed to involve the whole body in every movement , with equal attention paid to the upper body , legs and feet . Vaganova believed that this approach increases consciousness of the body , thus creating a harmony of movement and greater expressive range .