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Michel Fokine

1880 - 1942

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Michael Fokine (23 April [O.S. 11 April] 1880 – 22 August 1942) was a Russian choreographer and dancer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Fokine is the 15th most popular dancer (up from 17th in 2019), the 238th most popular biography from Russia (up from 330th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Dancer.

Michel Fokine is most famous for his choreography in ballets such as "Le Sacre du Printemps" and "Les Sylphides."

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Michel Fokine ranks 15 out of 116. Before him are Pina Bausch, Marius Petipa, Bobby Farrell, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Margot Fonteyn, and Maya Plisetskaya. After him are Jean-Georges Noverre, Tamara Karsavina, Martha Graham, George Balanchine, Serge Lifar, and Alicia Alonso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Michel Fokine ranks 26. Before him are Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Premchand, Otto Weininger, Max Wertheimer, Paul Ehrenfest, and Vajiravudh. After him are Mohammed Alim Khan, Bruno Taut, Elton Mayo, H. L. Mencken, Georg von Trapp, and Alexander Blok. Among people deceased in 1942, Michel Fokine ranks 23. Before him are Franz Boas, Irène Némirovsky, Bruno Schulz, Sabina Spielrein, Kārlis Ulmanis, and François Darlan. After him are Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Carole Lombard, Jozef Gabčík, Chen Duxiu, and Yanka Kupala.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Michel Fokine ranks 238 out of 3,761. Before him are Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia (1657), Nikolay Basov (1922), Gennady Zyuganov (1944), Stenka Razin (1630), Pharnaces II of Pontus (-95), and Mykola Azarov (1947). After him are Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883), Aleksandr Dugin (1962), Daniel of Moscow (1261), Vladimir Vernadsky (1863), Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904), and Bruno Taut (1880).

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Among DANCERS In Russia

Among dancers born in Russia, Michel Fokine ranks 4. Before him are Rudolf Nureyev (1938), Anna Pavlova (1881), and Maya Plisetskaya (1925). After him are Tamara Karsavina (1885), George Balanchine (1904), Galina Ulanova (1910), Alexander Godunov (1949), Agrippina Vaganova (1879), Lev Ivanov (1834), Yury Grigorovich (1927), and Léonide Massine (1896).

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