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  1. Michael Fokine [a] (23 April [ O.S. 11 April] 1880 – 22 August 1942) was a Russian choreographer and dancer . Career [ edit] Early years [ edit] Fokine costumed for the role of Lucien d'Hervilly, in Marius Petipa's 1905 production of the ballet Paquita. Fokine as the spectre in a 1914 production of the Ballets Russes ' Le Spectre de la rose.

  2. Apr 19, 2024 · Michel Fokine (born April 23 [April 11, old style], 1880, St. Petersburg, Russia—died Aug. 22, 1942, New York City) was a dancer and choreographer who profoundly influenced the 20th-century classical ballet repertoire. In 1905 he composed the solo The Dying Swan for the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. As chief choreographer for the impresario ...

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  3. Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Michel Fokine . Medusa. Michel Fokine as Perseus in Medusa. Michel Fokine, orig. Mikhail Mikhaylovich Fokine, (born April 23, 1880, St. Petersburg, Russia—died Aug. 22, 1942, New York, N.Y., U.S.), Russian-born U.S. dancer and choreographer.

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  5. Jun 27, 2018 · Sometimes known as the father of twentieth-century ballet, Russian choreographer Michel Fokine (1880–1942) revived the art of dance, bringing new expressiveness, dramatic impact, and unity to an art form dominated by entrenched classical ideas. Fokine's work served as a bridge between the great ballets of Russian tradition and the innovative ...

  6. Fokine’s Revolution. Fokine's Revolutionary Platform of 1904. Fokine's Five Principles as published in 1914. Michel Fokine could be described as a renaissance man. Along with being one of the finest dancers of his generation, he was an accomplished painter, musician, philosopher, and intellectual.

  7. Michel Fokine. (1880—1942) Russian-born American dancer and choreographer. Quick Reference. 1880–1942) Russian ballet dancer and choreographer who, under the patronage of Sergei Diaghilev, helped to revolutionize the ballet.

  8. Jan 13, 2012 · A classic Russian folk tale. And a story out of “The Thousand and One Nights.” These are hardly revolutionary subjects. But 100 years ago, when Michel Fokine made ballets out of these three...

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