The 19th May, 2009, marked the 100th anniversary of the first performance of Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes in the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. As a tribute, the English National Ballet, Britain’s second company, danced a gala at Barcelona’s Liceu Theater in homage to this mythical troupe, performing some of its most emblematic works such as Les Sylphides, The Dying Swan, Le Spectre de la Rose and Scheherazade, all by Michel Fokine.
With music by Chopin and set in a park caressed by moonlight, Les Sylphides was first performed by the Ballets Russes on 2nd June 1909 in the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.
