Fokina, Vera Petrovna
(1886–1958)> BALLERINA
Fokina, Vera Petrovna (3 August 1886, Russia; 29 July 1958, New York), ballerina, née Antonova, studied at the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet Academy and joined the Maryinsky Theatre in 1904. She married Michel Fokine in 1905 and joined the Ballets russes with him for the 1909 excursion of Serge Diaghilev’s company to Paris, where she interpreted roles created by her husband. Vera Fokina danced in the initial performances of four works at the start of her career at the Opéra: Le Festin on 19…