Michel Fokine(born April 23 [April 11, old style], 1880,St. Petersburg, Russia—died Aug. 22, 1942, New York City) was a dancer and choreographer who profoundly influenced the 20th-centuryclassical balletrepertoire. In 1905 he composed the soloThe Dying Swanfor the Russian ballerina Anna Pa...
( NEWR-ee-ef, nyuurr-AY-ef; Tatar: РудольфХәмитулыНуриев; Russian: Рудо́льфХаме́товичНуре́ев, IPA: [rʊˈdolʲf nʊˈrʲejɪf]; 17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) was a Soviet ballet dancer and ...