Danses de jadis et de naguère

Danses de jadis et de naguère was presented first at the Trocadéro on 5 August 1900 for a celebration arranged by Pierre Gailhard , director of the Opéra. The choreography was provided by Joseph Hansen, and the artistes of the Comédie-Française and the Opéra assisted in its production. The music of Jean-Philippe Rameau , Hector Berlioz , Léo Delibes , Emmanuel Chabrier , Edouard Lalo , Ambroise Thomas , Jules Massenet , and Ernest Reyer , and nearly a dozen other composers was used (see…