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Michael Fokine
Михаил Фокин
Fokine in Arlequin, 1914
Born
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Fokin

(1880-04-23)23 April 1880
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died22 August 1942(1942-08-22) (aged 62)
New York City, United States
NationalityRussian, naturalized U.S.
Occupation(s)Ballet dancer, choreographer
SpouseVera Fokina

Michael Fokine[a] (23 April [O.S. 11 April] 1880 – 22 August 1942) was a Russian choreographer and dancer.
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Les Sylphides

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Renata Shakirova

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choreographed by Marius Petipa, Yury Grigorovich, Alexei Ratmansky, Michel Fokine, George Balanchine, etc. Marius Petipa Giselle (Giselle, Classical Duet)...

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The Dying Swan

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Vaslav Nijinsky

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production of Mozart's Don Giovanni, in a ballet sequence choreographed by Michel Fokine. He was congratulated by the director of the Imperial Ballet and offered...

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Orientalism

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an Indian dance form. Another ballet, Sheherazade, choreographed by Michel Fokine in 1910 to music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, is a story involving a...

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Le Dieu bleu

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Le Dieu bleu is a ballet in one act choreographed by Michel Fokine to music by Reynaldo Hahn, set to a libretto by Jean Cocteau and Federico de Madrazo...

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Swan Lake

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London, Ballets Russes, Sergei Diaghilev production, choreography by Michel Fokine after Petipa–Ivanov, scenes by Golovin and Korovin Original interpreters...

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Bluebeard

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the legend Bluebeard (1941), by Jacques Offenbach, choreographed by Michel Fokine Blaubarts Traum (Bluebeard's Dream) (1961), a ballet by Harold Saeverud...

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Tamara Karsavina

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Ballet School (Vaganova Ballet Academy). He counted among his students Michel Fokine, a future dancing partner and paramour of his daughter. Karsavina's...

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Nora Kaye

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At the age of five, Kaye began studying dancing under tutelage from Michel Fokine and three years later joined a ballet class at the Metropolitan Opera...

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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

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nicknaming the twenty-fourth the "Crème de Menthe Variation". In 1939, Michel Fokine wrote to Rachmaninoff from Auckland, New Zealand, where he was touring...

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Maurice Ravel

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Ravel began work with Diaghilev's choreographer, Michel Fokine, and designer, Léon Bakst. Fokine had a reputation for his modern approach to dance,...

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Olesya Novikova

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Alexander Gorsky Chopiniana (Nocturne, Eleventh Waltz); choreography by Michel Fokine Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Maria); choreography by Rostislav Zakharov...

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Daphnis and Chloe

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Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes; its choreographer that year was Michel Fokine; at nearly sixty minutes, it is the composer's longest work, and two...

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Mazurka

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mazurka began as a dance for either four or eight couples. Eventually, Michel Fokine created a female solo mazurka dance dominated by flying grandes jetés...

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Ida Rubinstein

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she performed in Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien. The creative team was Michel Fokine (choreography); Bakst (design); Gabriele d'Annunzio (text) and score...

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Polovtsian Dances

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singers. The premiere took place on 18 May 1909. The choreography was by Michel Fokine and the sets and costumes were designed by Nicholas Roerich. In later...

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