L’Oiseau d’or

L’Oiseau d’or is the title given to a ballet that is in reality the pas de deux or Blue Bird number danced originally in the last act of La Belle au bois dormant. It was first performed in France apart from its matrix composition at the Châtelet Theatre on 19 May 1909, when it was named L’Oiseau de feu, and presented as the third entree of Le Festin by the Ballets russes . Still a segment of Le Festin, it retained its designation as L’Oiseau de feu at the Opéra, when Le Festin was performed…