Prince Igor
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Prince Igor was a ballet created by choreographer Michel Fokine in 1909 for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company. This ballet incorporated the energetic style and athletic movements characteristic of Russian folk dances. Fokine was adept at organizing large groups of dancers to create a powerful dramatic effect on stage. Each ballet Fokine created was typically a single act, as he believed longer ballets often contained unnecessary padding and should only last as long as their theme required. Fokine's choreography, while stylistically varied, largely remained within the classical ballet tradition.12
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