Pièce d'occasion

A pièce d'occasion (pronounced: [pjɛs dɔkazjɔ̃]) is a composition, dance or theatrical piece composed, often commissioned, for a festive occasion.

Examples

The Dying Swan, ballet by Mikhail Fokine (to Camille Saint-Saëns's cello solo Le cygne) for the ballerina Anna Pavlova (1905)
Fanfare for a Prince, ballet by John Taras (1956)
Dance Preludes, ballet by Miriam Mahdaviani (1991)
FOR 4, dance by Christopher Wheeldon (to Franz Schubert's Death and the Maiden) (2006)
Silla, opera seria by Handel (1713)
Elvida, opera by Gaetano Donizetti (1826)
Entrez, messieurs, mesdames, pièce d'occasion by Offenbach (1855)
Les dragées du baptême, pièce d'occasion by Offenbach (1856)
La statue retrouvée (1923), an entertainment for a private costume ball in Paris with music by Erik Satie, scenario by Jean Cocteau, designs by Pablo Picasso and choreography by Leonide Massine.

Ballet

General information	Company Glossary History Music Timeline

Terminology	Aplomb Arabesque Barre Battement Divertissement Entrée de ballet Grand pas Pas de deux Pas de quatre Pas de trois Pièce d'occasion Turnout Variation

Ballet by genre	Ballet d'action Ballet blanc Ballets de cour Character Classical Comédie-ballet Contemporary Comic ballet Grotesque dance Narrative ballet Neoclassical Opéra-ballet Romantic ballet

Ballet by region	Azerbaijani British French Italian Russian

Technique	Balanchine Bournonville Cecchetti Pointe technique Positions (arms) Positions (feet) Vaganova

Occupations and ranks	Ballet dancer Ballet master Character dancers Corps de ballet Danseur Étoile Danseur noble Demi-soloist Prima ballerina assoluta Principal dancer Répétiteur Soloist

Ballet apparel	Ballet shoe Dance belt Leg warmer Leotard Pointe shoe Tights Tutu Unitard

Awards	Prix Benois de la Danse Prix de Lausanne‎ Telstra Ballet Dancer Awards

Organisations	Ballet Society

Publications	Ballet Review Dance and Dancers Pointe

Related articles	Ballet (film) Chamber ballet Choreography Royal Academy of Dance Western stereotype of the male ballet dancer

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Pièce d'occasion

Examples

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