Danses grecques

Danses grecques was one of three ballets choreographed for the Garnier Palace by Joseph Hansen and using for its score a medley of extracts from his favorite composers’ works. The music employed for Danses grecques was taken from compositions by Hector Berlioz , Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray , Victor Duvernoy , Ernest Guiraud , Paul Veronge de la Nux , Jules Massenet , and Paul Vidal . The ballet had its world premiere at the Opéra on the gala program of 5 June 1901, but it was not well received by…