Fokine

American  

[foh-keen] / foʊˈkin /

noun

1. Michel Mikhaylovich 1880–1942, Russian choreographer and ballet dancer, in the U.S. after 1925.

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Fokine British  

/ fɔkin, ˈfɔkin /

noun

1. Michel (miʃɛl). 1880–1942, US choreographer, born in Russia, regarded as the creator of modern ballet. He worked with Diaghilev as director of the Ballet Russe (1909–15), producing works such as Les Sylphides and Petrushka

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Fokine

Rachel was a classically trained ballet dancer who studied with the legendary Irine Fokine and at American Ballet Theater.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2022

“It was a combination of masterful technique with expressiveness,” Michel Fokine, the piece’s choreographer, said of his composition in a 1931 interview for Dance Magazine.

From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2022

During that time, she worked with some of the 20th century’s greatest choreographers, including George Balanchine, Mikhail Fokine and Bronislava Nijinska.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 17, 2019

The program is devoted to masterworks by Michel Fokine, the independent-minded early 20th century ballet reformer and a chief choreographer for Sergei Diaghilev’s legendary Ballets Russes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2017

The art of M. Michel Fokine can turn his Russians into Tartars without a scratch of the skin.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 17, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman