Michel fokine biography

Michel (Mikhail) Fokine – was born Mikhail Mikhailovich Fokine on 26 April in St. Petersburg-Russia.

 

He was accepted into the Imperial Ballet School at the age of 9 and made his performing debut that same year at the Maryinsky Theatre in the ballet The Talisman under the direction of Marius Petipa. Upon graduation he entered the company as a soloist, where he frequently partnered another promising newcomer, Anna Pavlova.

 

During his student days he studied both piano and violin. He went on to master the mandolin and balalaika and joined the small string orchestra created by the Maryinsky Theatre Orchestra musicians.

Michael Fokine (23 April [O.S.

The first choreographer of the Ballets Russes, Michel Fokine () liberated dance from the constraints of convention and breathed fresh life into it.

Michel Fokine (born April 23 [April 11, old style], , St. Petersburg, Russia—died Aug. 22, , New York City) was a.

Michael Fokine was a Russian choreographer and dancer.

Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on April 26, , Michel Fokine was the youngest of five children of Michel and Ekaterin Kind.

Following this success as an instrumentalist, he was invited to join the famed orchestra of V.V. Andreiev, all while still working as a soloist of the Imperial Ballet. He went on to transcribe, orchestrate, and compose music. During the later years of his choreographic career, he conducted the orchestra on occasion, while his ballets were bei