Mikhail Mikhaylovich Fokin
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Mikhail Mikhaylovich Fokin, better known as Michel Fokine, was a pioneering Russian choreographer and dancer whose innovative ballets for the Ballets Russes helped transform early 20th-century ballet.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mikhail Mikhaylovich Fokin canonical | 1 |
| Михаил Михайлович Фокин | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9006233 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mikhail Mikhaylovich Fokin Context triple: [Michel Fokine, fullName, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Fokin]
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A.
Vladimir Fokin
Vladimir Fokin is a Ukrainian politician who served as the first Prime Minister of independent Ukraine in the early 1990s.
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B.
Fyodor Kokoshkin
Fyodor Kokoshkin was a Russian liberal politician and jurist of the early 20th century, known for his role in the pre-revolutionary reform movement and participation in the State Duma.
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C.
Anatoly Pepelyayev
Anatoly Pepelyayev was a Russian White Army general and prominent anti-Bolshevik commander during the Russian Civil War.
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D.
Fyodor Shalyapin Jr.
Fyodor Shalyapin Jr. was a Soviet and Russian actor and the son of famed opera singer Feodor Chaliapin.
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E.
Karl Davydov
Karl Davydov was a renowned 19th-century Russian cellist and composer, often regarded as one of the greatest cellists of his time.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mikhail Mikhaylovich Fokin Target entity description: Mikhail Mikhaylovich Fokin, better known as Michel Fokine, was a pioneering Russian choreographer and dancer whose innovative ballets for the Ballets Russes helped transform early 20th-century ballet.
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A.
Vladimir Fokin
Vladimir Fokin is a Ukrainian politician who served as the first Prime Minister of independent Ukraine in the early 1990s.
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B.
Fyodor Kokoshkin
Fyodor Kokoshkin was a Russian liberal politician and jurist of the early 20th century, known for his role in the pre-revolutionary reform movement and participation in the State Duma.
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C.
Anatoly Pepelyayev
Anatoly Pepelyayev was a Russian White Army general and prominent anti-Bolshevik commander during the Russian Civil War.
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D.
Fyodor Shalyapin Jr.
Fyodor Shalyapin Jr. was a Soviet and Russian actor and the son of famed opera singer Feodor Chaliapin.
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E.
Karl Davydov
Karl Davydov was a renowned 19th-century Russian cellist and composer, often regarded as one of the greatest cellists of his time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian person
ⓘ
ballet choreographer ⓘ ballet dancer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Michel Fokine
NERFINISHED
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Mikhail Fokine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| creativeWork |
choreography for Le Spectre de la rose
NERFINISHED
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choreography for Les Sylphides ⓘ choreography for Petrushka ⓘ choreography for Scheherazade ⓘ choreography for The Firebird ⓘ |
| employer |
Ballets Russes
NERFINISHED
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Imperial Russian Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ Mariinsky Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Fokin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | ballet ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | ballet choreography ⓘ |
| givenName | Mikhail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
ballet master
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choreographer for Ballets Russes ⓘ principal dancer ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century ballet
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modern ballet choreography ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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Russian ⓘ |
| movement | Ballets Russes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Mikhail Mikhaylovich Fokin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaboration with Ballets Russes
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innovative ballet reforms ⓘ integration of drama and dance ⓘ use of expressive movement in ballet ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Vaslav Nijinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Daphnis et Chloé
NERFINISHED
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Le Spectre de la rose NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Sylphides NERFINISHED ⓘ Petrushka NERFINISHED ⓘ Scheherazade NERFINISHED ⓘ The Firebird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
ballet dancer
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choreographer ⓘ |
| partOf | early 20th-century ballet ⓘ |
| patronymicName | Mikhaylovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New York City
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Paris ⓘ Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Mikhail Mikhaylovich Fokin Description of subject: Mikhail Mikhaylovich Fokin, better known as Michel Fokine, was a pioneering Russian choreographer and dancer whose innovative ballets for the Ballets Russes helped transform early 20th-century ballet.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Михаил Михайлович Фокин