Parade is a ballet with music by Erik Satie and a one-act scenario by Jean Cocteau. The ballet was composed 1916–1917 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.
Librettist | Jean Cocteau |
Date of composition | 1917 (1916-1917) |
Premiered | 1917, May 18th in Paris, France |
Type | Ballet |
Approx. duration | 12 minutes |
Instruments | Orchestra |
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