Costume design for The French Manager (Black conté crayon on paper); from 'La Parade': a contemporary ballet (performed by Ballets Russes) with music by Erik Satie and a one-act scenario by Jean Cocteau. Costumes and sets were designed by Pablo Picasso. Choreographed by Léonide Massine. Orchestra conducted by Ernest Ansermet. 'Parade' premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, France), Friday, May 18th 1917.
Le rideau de scène de Picasso pour' le Ballet 'Parade' réaliste. (1917) The word 'Surrealism' was first employed as a descriptive in critique of this war-time production, with music by Erik Satie and a one-act scenario by Jean Cocteau, 'Parade' premiered on Friday, May 18, 1917 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Costumes and sets were designed by Pablo Picasso, choreography was performed by Léonide Massine. Conducted by Ernest Ansermet and composed between 1916 and 1917 for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. [Le Centre Pompidou de Metz]
