意大利舞蹈家、芭蕾大师（1850–1928），生于罗马，其父为切萨雷·切凯蒂（Cesare Cecchetti），其母为塞拉菲娜·卡萨利（Serafina Casagli）。他师从乔瓦尼·莱普里（Giovanni Lepri）——后者是伟大的卡洛·布拉西斯（Carlo Blasis）的学生——并于 1870 年在米兰斯卡拉歌剧院（La Scala）首次登台。此后他以首席男舞者（premier danseur）身份巡演欧洲，1887 年在圣彼得堡马林斯基剧院（Maryinski Theatre）完成首演。1890 年他出任马林斯基剧院第二芭蕾大师，两年后成为帝国舞蹈学校（Imperial School）的教员。他的学生包括巴甫洛娃（Pavlova）、尼金斯基（Nijinsky）、卡萨维娜（Karsavina）、福金（Fokine）、普列奥布拉任斯卡娅（Preobrajenska）、克舍辛斯卡娅（Kchessinska）与叶戈洛娃（Egorova）。1902 年他前往华沙出任帝国舞蹈学校校长，1905 年返回意大利。此后他回到俄国开办了一所私立学校，继而成为安娜·巴甫洛娃（Anna Pavlova）的私人教师，并随她周游世界巡演。1909 至 1918 年间，他担任佳吉列夫芭蕾舞团（Diaghilev Ballet Company）的正式教员；1918 至 1923 年间在伦敦开办私立学校。随后他返回意大利，1925 年出任斯卡拉歌剧院芭蕾大师。他把余生都献给了教学，并不断完善他的教学方法（即后世所称的切凯蒂教学法体系）。
This Italian dancer and ballet master (1850–1928) was born in Rome, son of Cesare Cecchetti and Serafina Casagli. He studied with Giovanni Lepri, who was a pupil of the great Carlo Blasis, and made his debut at La Scala, Milan, in 1870. He toured Europe as a premier danseur and made his debut at the Maryinski Theatre, St. Petersburg, in 1887. He accepted the position of second ballet master at the Maryinski Theatre in 1890 and two years later became instructor at the Imperial School. His pupils included Pavlova, Nijinsky, Karsavina, Fokine, Preobrajenska, Kchessinska and Egorova. In 1902 he left for Warsaw, where he became director of the Imperial School, and in 1905 returned to Italy. Returning to Russia, he opened a private school and later became the private tutor of Anna Pavlova, touring the world with her. From 1909 to 1918 he was the official instructor to the Diaghilev Ballet Company. From 1918 until 1923 he had a private school in London. He then returned to Italy and became ballet master at La Scala in 1925. He devoted the rest of his life to teaching and perfecting his teaching methods.