danced its leading roles themselves for some years. Revision history Original production Chopiniana, staged by Fokine, had a different musical composition. Also, Chopiniana was originally a compilation of dramatic or character dances set to Chopin's piano music. The Glazunov suite upon which this original version was based had only four Chopin pieces; Fokine wanted to use a waltz as an addition to the suite and was able to get Glazunov to orchestrate this to create his ballet, also called Chopiniana. Polonaise in A major, Op. 40, No. 1 Nocturne in F major, Op. 15, No. 1 Mazurka in C minor, Op. 50, No. 3 Waltz in C minor, Op. 64, No. 2, as added by Michel Fokine Tarantella in A major, Op. 43 The newly orchestrated waltz would be Fokine's inspiration to re-choreograph the ballet into its nearly-final form, selecting different Chopin pieces to go with it and getting these orchestrated by the Maryinsky répétiteur Maurice Keller. Ballets Russes production When Fokine's ballet premiered in Paris as part of Diaghilev's "Saison Russe" in 1909, Diaghilev commissioned re-orchestrations of all the dances, except for the Glazunov-orchestrated Waltz, by Anatoly Lyadov, Sergei Taneyev, Nikolai Tcherepnin and Igor Stravinsky. This version, now titled Les Sylphides, was first staged at the Théâtre du Châtelet on 2 June 1909. Standard version The canonical version of the ballet Les Sylphides includes: Polonaise in A major (Military), Op. 40, No. 1 (some companies substitute the Prelude in A major, Op. 28, No. 7 instead) Nocturne in A major, Op. 32, No. 2 Waltz in G major, Op. 70, No. 1 (transposed to G major) Mazurka in D major, Op. 33, No. 2 Mazurka in C major, Op. 67, No. 3 Prelude in A major, Op. 28, No. 7 Waltz in C minor, Op. 64, No. 2 (transposed to D minor) Grande valse brillante in E major, Op. 18 (transposed to D major) New York City Ballet production The New York City Ballet (NYCB) produced its own staging of the standard version, omitting the Polonaise in A major (and leaving the Prelude in A major in its original position), under the original title, Chopiniana. The NYCB premiere was staged by Alexandra Danilova and took place 20 January 1972, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. The original cast included Karin von Aroldingen, Susan Hendl, Kay Mazzo, and Peter Martins. Other orchestrations A number of musicians have orchestrated