Sergei Prokofiev's Trapèze Ballet is scored for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass. The ballet, closely related to Prokofiev's Quintet, Op. 39 (1924), contains eight movements (in five parts) and lasts 20–25 minutes. The complete ballet in eight movements was first performed in Gotha, a small German town near Hanover, on 6 November 1925.

Date of composition 1924 in Paris, France
Premiered 1925, November 6th in Gotha, Germany
Type Ballet
Approx. duration 25 minutes
Instruments Oboe
Clarinet
Violin
Viola
Double Bass
Arrangements Sergei Prokofiev: Quintet in G minor, Op. 39
Autotranslations beta Sergueï Prokofiev: Trapeze
Sergej Sergeevič Prokof'ev: Trapeze
Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew: Trapeze