Danses russes

Danses russes was a suite of dances based upon music by various Russian composers with choreography by Michel Fokine. It was presented on a gala program organized on 26 June 1909; its companion piece on this occasion was Le Vieil Aigle by Raoul Gunsbourg . Danses russes was never accepted into the repertory at the Garnier Palace, where it was staged on only one date. It featured a pas de deux by Anna Pavlova and Mikhail Mordkin , a mazurka by Mlle Wassilieva and M. Alexandreff , and a second…