Pakati pezana regumi nemanomwe century, kutonga kweMambo Peter the Great kusati kwaitika, kutamba muRussia kwaingovepo pakati pevanhu vekumaruwa uye vekirasi yepasi vaigara kunze kweguta, saka Peter Mukuru akasarudza kusimudzira hunyanzvi munyika yake nekukoka maartist. kubva kune dzimwe nyika kubatsira kuvandudza Russia uye muzana ramakore rechiXNUMX, nhoroondo yeBallet yakatangawo mumaguta eMoscow neSt.
Muna 1744 kekutanga munhoroondo yeRussia ballet, Jean Baptiste Landen aive mumwe wevaimbi vekutanga kutamba ballet kuuya kuRussia nevatambi vake kuzopa shoo kuna Empress Anne. Empress akasarudza kuwana chikoro che ballet. Chikoro ichi chaizivikanwa se "Imperial Ballet Chikoro", uye gare gare chakazozivikanwa se "Vaganova Academy", iyo yaitungamirirwa naAgripina Vaganova. Catalana la Grande yakavambawo chikoro cheballet, vadzidzi vakabva kumhuri dzakashata kubva kunherera kuMoscow.
Frenchman Charles Diderot akauya kuRussia kuzotungamira matambiro ekutanga eRussia ballet. Mitambo yake yekutanga yakaiswa paBolshoi Theatre, iyo yakazozivikanwa seMariinsky Theatre. Choreographer Marie Taglioni akauya kuRussia neboka revatambi veEurope asi akasara muRussia ndokuva mumwe weanotungamira ballet vadzidzisi.