LES SYLPHIDES
(originally titled Chopiniana)

A ballet in one act with dream-like sequences based on Chopin's Polish dances

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

Composer: Frédéric Chopin, orchestrated by Alexander
Glazunov
Choreographer: Michel Fokine
Designer: Alexandre Benois (sets and costumes)
Company: Ballets Russes de Diaghilev
Première: JUne 2, 1909, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris


NEW PRODUCTION

Choreographer: Fokine, revised by Serge Grigoriev and Lubov
Tschernicheva
Company: The Royal Ballet
Première: March 8, 1932, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
London
Nureyev's debut: November 6, 1962, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London