What is The Firebird?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox ballet | name = The Firebird | image = Léon Bakst 001.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Design by Bakst for the Firebird | choreographer = [[Michel Fokine]] | composer = [[Igor Stravinsky]] | librettist = Michel Fokine | based_on = Russian fairy tale | premiere = 25 June [[1910]] | place = Théâtre National de l'Opéra<br />[[Paris]] | ballet_company = [[Ballets Russes]] | characters = Firebird<br />Prince Ivan<br />Tsarevna<br />Kastchei the Immortal<br />Captive Princesses<br />Monsters | designer = Alexandre Golovine<br />Léon Bakst (costumes for the Firebird and the Tsarevna) | setting = Russia<br />Fairy tale times | created_for = [[Tamara Karsavina]] | genre = Fanstasy | type = Classical }} '''''The Firebird''''' is a [[ballet]]. The [[libretto]] and [[choreography]] were composed by [[Michel Fokine]]. The story of the ballet is based on a [[Russia]]n [[fairy tale]]. The music was composed by [[Igor Stravinsky]]. It was Stravinsky's first ballet score. ''The Firebird'' was first performed by the [[Ballets Russes]] in [[Paris]] at the Théâtre National de l'Opéra on [[25 June]] [[1910]]. [[Anna Pavlova]] had been asked to create the role of the Firebird. She thought Stravinsky's music incomprehensible and declined. The role went to [[Tamara Karsavina]]. The ballet has seen several [[revival]]s. It is also known by its [[French language|French]] title ''L'Oiseau de Feu''. == Story == Prince Ivan ventures into the [[garden]] of the evil Kashchei. He catches the magical Firebird. She promises to aid the Prince whenever he needs help if he will release her. He takes a magic feather from the bird's tail, then releases her. Twelve princesses with the Tsarevna (daughter of the [[Tsar]]) dance. All are in the power of the evil [[sourcerer]] Kashchei. Prince Ivan falls in love with the Tsarevna. He asks Kashchei whether he can marry her. Kashchei is angry and sends his monsters after