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Le Tricorne, also known as Massine’s Falla, is a ballet created in 1924 for the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo. It portrays a grand Parisian ball centered around Josephine Baker's historic stage debut. The work highlights the opulent Jazz Age style through elaborate costumes and sets. Primarily inten...
*Parade*, choreographed by Jean Cocteau with music by Igor Stravinsky, is a groundbreaking ballet from 1917. It portrays the marriage of an officer to a ballerina within the context of a Parisian military parade. The work’s innovative use of jazz rhythms and lavish, modern sets – reflecting the city...
*Pulcinella* is a ballet score by Igor Stravinsky created in 1919. It utilizes themes from Mozart’s *The Marriage of Figaro*, presented through the lens of Commedia dell'Arte and featuring choreography by Léonide Massine. The work explores the concept of artistic borrowing and remains notable for it...
Les Présages (Massine), created in 1925, is a groundbreaking ballet renowned for its intensely rhythmic and dissonant score by Darius Milhaud and its strikingly angular, almost brutalist choreography reflecting the anxieties of the interwar period.
Aleko (1926), choreographed by Michel Fokine for Vaslav Nijinsky, depicts the tragic love story of a Russian nobleman and a peasant girl set against the backdrop of revolutionary Russia’s social upheaval.
Ludwig van Beethoven’s *Symphony Fantastique* served as the basis for Marius Petipa’s 1836 ballet, featuring a central pas de deux depicting the tormented composer's reunion with his beloved Maddalena in an opium-induced dream sequence.
“Gaîté Parisienne,” choreographed by Raymond Massine, is a vibrant and technically demanding ballet showcasing Parisian street life through energetic ensemble numbers and intricate partnering sequences, particularly noted for its innovative use of the “Massine” style.
Le Beau Danube (Massine), composed in 1894, is a lavish and technically demanding Russian ballet notable for its elaborate staging depicting a medieval romance set along the Danube River, featuring intricate choreography and impressive orchestral coloratura.
