Mikhail Fokine was the chief choreographer to which ballet company from 1909 -1914?
Michel Fokine His first piece for the company was the comedy "Bluebeard", set to a score by Jacques Offenbach. His ballet "Les Sylphides" was the first production at the American Ballet Theatre on January 11, 1940. In 1937, Fokine joined Wassily de Basil's offshoot of the Ballets Russes, which was eventually named the Original Ballet Russe. Among the new works Fokine created during this period were "Cendrillon" (1938) and "Paganini" (1939). His choreography was featured with the company until 1941. Fokine staged more than eighty ballets in Europe and the United States. His best-known works were "Chopiniana", "Le Carnaval" (1910), and "Le
Michel Fokine Michel Fokine Michael Fokine (French transliteration Michel Fokine; English transliteration Mikhail Fokin; , "Mikhaíl Mikháylovich Fokín") ( – 22 August 1942) was a groundbreaking Russian choreographer and dancer. Fokine was born in Saint Petersburg to a prosperous merchant and at the age of 9 was accepted into the Saint Petersburg Imperial Ballet School (Vaganova Ballet Academy). That same year, he made his performing debut in "The Talisman" under the direction of Marius Petipa. In 1898, on his 18th birthday, he debuted on the stage of the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in "Paquita", with the Imperial Russian Ballet. In addition to being