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133.9. LA LEÇON DE DANSE

Music: By Emmanuel Chabrier.

Choreography: By George Balanchine.

Production: Costumes and objects by Joan Miró.

Premiere: June 29, 1932, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris. Conductor: Roger Desormière. (Earlier in the summer performed in Brussels, for which no program has been found.)

Cast: Alice Nikitina, Anatole Vilzak.