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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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    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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    (1867–1941), actor and comedian John Flanagan (1865–1952), American sculptor Michel Fokine (1880–1942), choreographer Donald Foster (1889–1969), actor Nahan Franko...
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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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    choreographed by Marius Petipa, Yury Grigorovich, Alexei Ratmansky, Michel Fokine, George Balanchine, etc. Marius Petipa Giselle (Giselle, Classical Duet)...
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    Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov) (category Ballets by Michel Fokine)
    Ballets Russes. The choreography for the ballet was by Michel Fokine and the libretto was from Fokine and Léon Bakst. The Ballets Russes' Scheherazade is...
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