development of ballet styleIn Prince Igor (1909) and L’Oiseau de feu (1910; The Firebird) Fokine incorporated the vigorous style and athletic steps of Russian folk dances. These works revealed his talent for organizing large crowds of dancers on stage and transforming their previously ornamental function into a powerful dramatic force. Neither ballet is longer than a single act, because Fokine...
Ballet by Fokine
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