63. Jack in the Box 1926
- Music
Erik Satie (unpublished piano score for pantomime, 1899; orchestrated after Satie’s death in 1925 by Darius Milhaud)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Scenery and costumes by André Derain. Scenery executed by Prince A. Schervashidze; costumes executed by La Maison Jules Muelle
- Premiere
June 8, 1926, Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, Paris. Conductor: Roger Desormière
- Cast
The Puppet, Stanislas Idzikowsky; The Black Dancer, Alexandra Danilova; 2 Dancers (women); 2 Cloud Bearers (men)
Performance Type
Ballet
Note
The principal dancer is a comic puppet with whom the Black Dancer and two others perform as if they are attending a ball. In the background large cardboard clouds are moved by mimes
