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Michel Fokine
Michael Fokine was a Russian choreographer and dancer. He is considered the founder of modern ballet.
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culture · Russian choreographer (1880–1942) · ballet dancer · choreographer · ballet master · writer · librettist · dancer · also Michel Fokine, Mikhail Fokine, Michael Fokine, Fokine
Born 11 April 1880 · Died 23 August 1942 · Q314312
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1942· 1 entry
Died 1942-08-23.
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1937· 1 entry
Fokine joined Wassily de Basil's offshoot of the Ballets Russes, which was eventually named the Original Ballet Russe
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1923· 1 entry
Choreographed the ballet Ajanta Frescoes for Anna Pavlova after she had been inspired by her visit to the Ajanta Caves
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1918· 1 entry
And later established his home in New York City, where he founded a ballet school in 1921, and continued to appear with his wife, Vera Fokina
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1914· 2 entries
Was an opéra-ballet, guided by Fokine with set design by Natalia Goncharova
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Diaghilev convinced Fokine to return to Ballets Russes, where he then created the ballets Midas, Josephslegende, and Le Coq d'Or
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1912· 1 entry
Fokine created an adaptation of Daphnis et Chloé
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1909· 1 entry
Sergei Diaghilev invited Fokine to become the resident choreographer of the first season of the Ballets Russes in Paris
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1905· 1 entry
Created his first full-length ballet, Acis et Galatée, which was performed by his students and based on a Sicilian legend
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1902· 1 entry
Was offered a teaching position at the Imperial Ballet School and was able to explore the artistic possibilities of choreography
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1898· 1 entry
On his 18th birthday, he debuted on the stage of the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in Paquita, with the Imperial Russian Ballet
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1880· 1 entry
Born 1880-04-11.
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