Poulenc: Les Animaux Modèles Ballet
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Les Animaux modèles, FP 111, is a ballet dating from 1940 to 1942 with music by Francis Poulenc. It was the third and final ballet that he composed and was staged at the Paris Opéra in 1942, with choreography by Serge Lifar, who also danced in the 1942 premiere. The themes of the ballet are drawn from the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine. Poulenc himself orchestrated the Suite version for Orchestra, comprising the following movements: