LC control no. | n 82093712 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942 |
Variant(s) | Fokin, Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich, 1880-1942 Fokin, M. (Mikhail), 1880-1942 Fokin, Michael, 1880-1942 Fokine, Mikhael, 1880-1942 Фокин, Михаил Михайлович, 1880-1942 |
Birth date | 1880 |
Death date | 1942-08-22 |
Place of birth | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
Place of death | New York, N.Y. |
Field of activity | Ballet Choreography |
Affiliation | Ballets russes |
Profession or occupation | Choreographers Ballet dancers |
Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
Found in | Fokine, 1934. Protiv techenii︠a︡, 1981: t.p. (M. Fokin) colophon (Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich Fokin) Encycl. Brit. (Fokine, Michel) Encycl. Amer. (Fokine, Michel) Colliers' encycl. (Fokine, Michel) Stravinsky, I. L'oiseau de feu [SR] p1985: label (Michael Fokin) Les sylphides [VR] 1987, c1980: credits (Mikhael Fokine) Russian Wikipedia, Aug. 9, 2010 (Фокин, Михаил Михайлович; b. Apr. 11, 1880, St. Petersburg, d. Aug. 22, 1942, New York; Russian choreographer) Biography Resource Center, Aug. 9, 2010: International dictionary of ballet (Mikhail Fokine; b. Mikhail (later called himself Michel) Mikhailovich Fokin (Fokine), May 5 (old style Apr. 23), 1880 St. Petersburg, d. Aug. 22, 1942, New York; Russian dancer, choreographer, teacher, ballet director) Wikipedia, Aug. 12, 2013 (Michel Fokine (a French transliteration; English transliteration Mikhail Fokin; Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Фо́кин, Mikhaíl Mikháylovich Fokín); born 23 April [O.S. 11 April] 1880 in Saint Petersburg; died 22 August 1942 in New York; choreographer and dancer. From 1909-1912 Fokine was the choreographer of the Ballets Russes in Paris. During Fokine's years with Ballet Russes he created "Scheherazade"; "The Firebird"; and "Petrouchka". He moved to Sweden with his family in 1918 and later established his home in New York City, where he founded a ballet school and continued to appear with his wife, Vera Fokina. He became a United States citizen in 1932) |