Pièce d'occasion
A pièce d'occasion is a composition, dance or theatrical piece composed, often commissioned, for a festive occasion.Examples
- The Dying Swan, ballet by Mikhail Fokine for the ballerina Anna Pavlova
- Fanfare for a Prince, ballet by John Taras
- Dance Preludes, ballet by Miriam Mahdaviani
- FOR 4, dance by Christopher Wheeldon
- Silla, opera seria by Handel
- Elvida, opera by Gaetano Donizetti
- Entrez, messieurs, mesdames, pièce d'occasion by Offenbach
- Les dragées du baptême, pièce d'occasion by Offenbach
- La statue retrouvée, 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.
- How He Lied to Her Husband, playlet by George Bernard Shaw.