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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Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Oct. 29, 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

Monday brings “The Golden Cockerel,” Alexei Ratmansky’s sumptuous update of a popular comedic ballet by Michel Fokine for the Ballets Russes.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2016

Cl�op�tre, in its original form with Nijinsky, Fokine, Pavlowa, Ida Rubinstein, and others, hit all who saw it square between the eyes.

From Interpreters by Van Vechten, Carl