On this day in ballet 4th June

[Trog Woolley]

Scheherazade, choreographed by Mikhail Fokine for the Ballets Russes
to music by Rimsky-Korsakov, premiered 1910

[J.B. Wood]

Post by Trog Woolley
Scheherazade, choreographed by Mikhail Fokine for the Ballets Russes
to music by Rimsky-Korsakov, premiered 1910

OMG, I saw the Mariinsky presentation of this with Svetlana Zhakarova in
the title role. I must say it's hands down the sexiest thing I've ever
witnessed in classical ballet. I assume they were using Fokine's
choreography. If so, it should've shocked the audience in 1910. Sincerely,