The Sacrifices to Cupid

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The Sacrifices to Cupid (AKA L'Offrande à l'Amour or The Offerings to Cupid; ru: "Жертвы Амуру, или Радости любви") is a "grand ballet" in 1 Act/1 scene with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Ludwig Minkus.

The ballet was first presented by the Imperial Ballet on July 22/August 3, 1886, in honour of Empress Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark), at Petergof by the Imperial Ballet, and on November 25/December 7 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), 1886 at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre.

Principal Dancers: Eugeniia Sokolova (as Chloë)

Revivals

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A revival was staged by Lev Ivanov for the Imperial Ballet, and first presented on September 26/October 8, 1893 at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre.^[1]

Principal Dancers: Olga Preobrajenskaya (as Chloë)

Notes

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This work was Minkus' last composition for the Imperial Ballet as First Imperial Ballet Composer before the post was abolished in 1886 by the Mariinsky Theatre's director Ivan Vsevolozhsky.

References

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^ Wiley, Roland John (1997). The Life and Ballets of Lev Ivanov. Clarendon Press. p. 159. ISBN 9780191657597.

v t e The ballets and revivals of Marius Petipa in Russia
1847–59	Paquita (1847, 1881) Le Diable amoureux (as "Satanella") (1848) Leda, the Swiss Milkmaid* (1849) Giselle (1850, 1884, 1899, 1903) The Star of Granada (1855) The Rose, the Violet, and the Butterfly (1857) Le Corsaire (1858, 1863, 1868, 1885, 1899) A Marriage During the Regency* (1858) The Parisian Market (1859, *1861)
1860–79	The Blue Dahlia (1860, 1875) Terpsichore* (1861) The Pharaoh's Daughter (1862, 1885, 1898) The Beauty of Lebanon (1863) The Traveling Dancer (1864) Florida (1866) Titania (1866) Faust (1867) The Benevolent Cupid* (1868) The Slave (1868) Le Roi Candaule (1868, 1891, 1903) Don Quixote (1869, 1871) Trilby* (1870) Catarina (1870) The Two Stars* (1871) Camargo (1872) Le Papillon (1874) Ondine (as "The Naiad and the Fisherman")* (1874, 1892) The Bandits (1875) The Adventures of Peleus (1876, 1897) La Bayadère* (1877, 1900) Roxana* (1878) Ariadne (1878) The Daughter of the Snows (1879) Frizak the Barber (1879) Mlada (1879, *1896)
1880–99	La Fille du Danube (1880) Zoraiya* (1881) La Vivandière (as "Markitenka") (1881) Pâquerette* (1882) The Night and the Day* (1883) Pygmalion (1883) Coppélia (1884) Giselle* (1884, 1899, 1903) Le Diable à Quatre (as "The Willful Wife")* (1885) La Fille Mal Gardée* (1885) The Magic Pills* (1886) The King's Command (1886, 1887, 1900) La Esmeralda (1886, 1899) The Sacrifices to Cupid (1886) * Fiametta (1887) The Vestal (1888) The Talisman (1889, 1895) The Enchanted Forest* (1889) The Caprices of a Butterfly* (1889, 1895) The Sleeping Beauty* (1890) Nénuphar (1890) Kalkabrino (1891) A Fairy Tale (1891) La Sylphide (1892) The Nutcracker* (1892) Cinderella (1893) The Awakening of Flora (1894) Swan Lake (1895) The Little Humpbacked Horse (as "The Tsar Maiden")* (1895) The Cavalry Halt* (1896) The Pearl (1896) Bluebeard (1896) Raymonda (1898)
1900–03	Les Ruses d'Amour or The Trial of Damis (1900) The Seasons (1900) Harlequinade (1900) The Heart of the Marquis (1902) The Magic Mirror (1903) The Romance of the Rosebud and the Butterfly (never presented)
an asterisk * indicates a revival.