Mariinsky Ballet: Homage to Fokine " review by Judith Mackrell

Royal Opera House, LondonTowards the end of its brief but stellar life, Diaghilev's Ballets Russes had become a European project, its repertory and designs dominated by western influences. It's hard for us to envisage just how Russian the company appeared when it first hit Paris in 1909. But in this programme of early classics " all choreographed by Mikhail Fokine " the Mariinsky recreate that frisson of the&nbs…

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