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    Michael Fokine (23 April [O.S. 11 April] 1880 – 22 August 1942) was a Russian choreographer and dancer. Fokine was born in Saint Petersburg to a prosperous...
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    season's repertory featured a variety of works chiefly choreographed by Michel Fokine, including Le Pavillon d'Armide, the Polovtsian Dances (from Prince...
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    creating the role of The Dying Swan, a solo choreographed for her by Michel Fokine. The ballet, created in 1905, is danced to Le cygne from The Carnival...
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    The Firebird (category Ballets by Michel Fokine)
    Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Michel Fokine, who collaborated with Alexandre Benois and others on a scenario based...
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    Daphnis et Chloé (category Ballets by Michel Fokine)
    description above. The dance scenario was adapted by choreographer Michel Fokine from a pastoral romance by the Greek writer Longus thought to date from...
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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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    Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Michel Fokine choreographed most of the dances that the company performed. Fokine had originally worked as a choreographer...
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    puppeteer and street performer Maksim Fokin (born 1982), Russian footballer Michel Fokine (1880–1942), Russian choreographer and dancer Sergei Fokin (footballer)...
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    Les Sylphides (category Ballets by Michel Fokine)
    in white tights and a black tunic. Its original choreography was by Michel Fokine, with Chopin's music orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov. Glazunov had...
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    The Dying Swan (category Ballets by Michel Fokine)
    Dying Swan (originally The Swan) is a solo dance choreographed by Mikhail Fokine to Camille Saint-Saëns's Le Cygne from Le Carnaval des animaux as a pièce...
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