Parade | |
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Choreographer | Léonide Massine |
Music | Erik Satie |
Premiere | May 18, 1917 Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris |
Original ballet company | Ballets Russes |
Design | Pablo Picasso |
Parade is a ballet choreographed by Leonide Massine, with music by Erik Satie and a one-act scenario by Jean Cocteau. The ballet was composed in 1916–17 for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. The ballet premiered on Friday, May 18, 1917, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, with costumes and sets designed by Pablo Picasso, choreography by Léonide Massine (who danced), and the orchestra conducted by Ernest Ansermet.