Fokine’s Les Sylphides Introduces Abstract Ballet

Article abstract: Michel Fokine took ballet into new dimensions by elevating the male role and showing that ballet could be beautifully abstract.

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While browsing through some pieces at a music shop, Michel Fokine found a suite entitled “Chopiniana,” orchestrated by Alexander Glazounov. Fokine considered arranging a ballet to the suite, but he first decided to add a waltz to the piece, and he asked Glazounov to orchestrate this as well. Fokine’s resulting ballet, Réverie Romantique, which was performed by the Russian Imperial...

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