Vera Petrovna Fokina, née Antonova, was born on August 3, 1886, and passed away on July 29, 1958, in New York. She was a renowned Russian ballerina.

Vera graduated from the Imperial Theatre School and joined the Mariinsky Theatre troupe in 1904. In 1905, she married Mikhail Fokine and performed with him during the seasons of Sergei Diaghilev's Russian Ballet, as well as in Stockholm, Copenhagen, and the USA. In 1910, she played the role of the princess in the ballet "The Firebird" and danced with Mikhail Fokine in the productions of "Scheherazade," "Chopiniana," and "The Vision of the Rose."

In 1919, the Fokins family moved to America. In 1921, they settled in New York and opened a ballet school named the Fokine Studio. They had to work with semi-professionals and amateurs, as American ballet was just beginning to develop. Mikhail Fokine often contemplated returning to Russia, where he was awaited and hoped to lead the troupe of the former Mariinsky Theatre. Invitations were sent to him, and celebrations were planned, but at the last moment, he declined to return. The last negotiations for his return in 1931 also ended unsuccessfully. Vera Petrovna was portrayed by artists such as Korovin, Serebryakova, Bobyshev, Kinny, and Link, and photographed by Abbe, Bert, Saul Branzburg, Goldberg, Hoppe, and Murray. In July 1929, she appeared on the cover of Dance magazine.

Vera Petrovna died on July 29, 1958, in New York, outliving her husband by 16 years.