Michel Fokine Descriptive Essay by Jay Writtings LLC

This paper gives an overview of the life and achievements of the Russian dancer Michel Fokine, who is credited with reviving the art of modern dance in the 20th century. The writer explains that Fokine brought back classical principles to ballet in areas that he felt they were eroding or receding, and sought to recover the true authenticity and expression of ballet thereof. When Fokine joined the Maryinski Imperial Ballet in 1898, ballet was focused mainly on leg . Fokine, an all-round artist who painted and played music as well, worked on full-bodied choreography and developed five principles of ballet which emphasized the harmonization of music scenery and dance. The paper concludes that Fokine recognized, embraced and revived the needs of cultural expression inherent to any art form, and successfully readapted them to the art of dance that is ballet.