Farandole

Farandole is an old Provençal group dance performed by couples holding hands and moving through the streets of their town. It is danced in La Belle au bois dormant and in Georges Bizet ’s L’Arlésienne. Also, the word is used as a title to designate the ballet extracted from the latter opera and performed separately for the first time at the Garnier Palace on 26 June 1909 on the occasion of a special performance. It was presented apart from its matrix work only on this single date. Mlles…