Mordkin, Mikhail
(1880–1944)> DANCER
Mordkin, Mikhail (21 December 1880, Moscow; 15 July 1944, Milbrook, New Jersey), dancer, was graduated from the Moscow Imperial school of Ballet and was subsequently named premier danseur and balletmaster of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. He joined Serge Diaghilev for the latter’s first season in Paris with his Ballets russes in 1909, but he was too independent to work for more than a single season with this company. He joined forces with Anna Pavlova , therefore, and these two dancers appeared…