Mikhail Fokine’s ballets Chopiniana, Shekherezade, The Firebird demonstrate a very special page in the history of the Mariinsky Theatre ballet. The choreographer had created a unique style of “Les Ballets Russes” in the beginning of the XX century.
Chopiniana choreographic composition in one act
Music: Frederic Chopin (suite of piano pieces orchestrated: Alexander Glazunov and Maurice Keller) Choreography: Michel Fokine (1908)
Scenario: Michel Fokine
Revised version: Agrippina Vaganova (1931) Set design based on original sketches: Orest Allegri
World premiere: 8 March 1908, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg
Running time: 35 minutes
Scheherazade choreographic drama in one act
Music: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Symphony suite Scheherazade) Choreography: Michel Fokine (1910)
Scenario: Leon Bakst and Michel Fokine after Arabian Nights fairytales
Reconstruction: Isabelle Fokine, Andris Liepa Set and costume design: Anna Nezhnaya, Anatoly Nezhny after original sketches: Leon Bakst
World premiere: 4 June 1910, Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilev, Theatre de l?Opera, Paris In the repertoire of the Mariinsky Theatre since 1994
Running time: 45 minutes
The Firebird russian fairytale in two scenes
Music: Igor Stravinsky Choreography: Michel Fokine (1910)
Libretto: Michel Fokine
Reconstruction: Isabelle Fokine, Andris Liepa Set and costume design: Anna and Anatoly Nezhny after original sketches: Alexander Golovin, Leon Bakst and Michel Fokine
World premiere: 25 June 1910, Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilev, Theatre de l?Opera, Paris In the repertoire of the Mariinsky Theatre since 1994
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