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Relāche
Relāche is French for "cancellation".
Relāche was the name Erik Satie and his surrealist (former Dada) friends gave to the ultimate ballet production in which Satie was involved as composer.
A one-time flavour of surrealism was invented for the production, which was named "instantanéisme".
The name of the ballet was a kind of practical joke: "Relāche" was the usual word to be found on posters announcing performances, in the case of a last minute cancellation of such performance - which was kind of bizarre for a production that was not cancelled.
See also Entr'acte, for a further description of the music of this ballet.
A 21st century music ensemble also took the name Relāche.
Last updated: 05-23-2005 18:56:37
03-10-2013 05:06:04
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