Michel Fokine as Amoun in Cleopatra (1908). Imperial Theater Photo. Michel Fokine was Diaghilev’s chief ballet master and choreographer until his departure in 1912. He returned to the company in 1914. | src and hi res Flickr / Leo Boudreau
Atelier Jaeger :: Michel Fokine and Vera Fokina in the Ballets Russes’ production of Cleopatra. Published in Comoedia Illustre, 1914. Music: Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glinka and Tcherepnin. Choreography and libretto: Michel Fokine. | src Flickr
Frederika Davis :: Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn in Nureyev’s “La Bayadère” with the Kirov Ballet, 1961. Music: Ludwig Minkus. Choreography: Ruldof Nureyev after Marius Petipa. | src nureyev.org