Filippo Beccari
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Filippo Beccari (fl. second half of the 18th century) was an Italian ballet dancer and ballet master working in the Russian Empire, and a founder of the Moscow Ballet School.
In the beginning of the 18th century, many professionals, including theatrical figures travelled to Russia. Filippo Beccari was one of them.
Biography
It is not known, when Beccari was born, or when he arrived in Russia. But it is known that in the beginning of 1770th years he worked in the Saint Petersburg imperial ballet troupe. Filippo Beccari was caused a steel by the teacher of a ballet class and he with his wife-ballerina has left Petersburg to Moscow.[1][2]