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The production was designed by André Derain with the sets painted by Vladimir and Elizabeth Polunin and the costumes were made by Alias Ltd. It was created for Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and first performed at the Alhambra Theatre, Leicester Square, London, on 5 June 1919, where it was a terrific hit. As one critic wrote after the premiere, in <i>La Boutique fantasque</i> ‘the old and the reactionary and the new music and “choreography” and décor all run together into a piece of merry nonsense, so single and so compelling that it carries you away.’\r\n\r\nThe action of the ballet is set in a toy-shop, ca.1865. Clients visit to see the novelties. Two dancing dolls, male and female can-can dancers, are due to be separated when purchased by different clients. At night, after the shop has closed, the toys come to life and enable the can-can dancers to elope. In the morning they are found to be missing by the disgruntled purchasers. <i>La Boutique fantasque</i> was one of a number of ballets based on the Viennese <i>Die Puppenfee</i> (<i>The Fairy Doll</i>) of 1888. \n\nAmong the dolls shown to clients are a pair of lively Tarantella Dancers (originally Lydia Sokolova with Leon Woizikowski) who are wheeled on: 'a dark Italian peasant girl attired in short stays and an ample skirt of the national colours and her lover, a bronzed youth in tightly-fitting grey trousers, white shirt and red cap .... they break into a lively Tarantella. The youth clasps his sweetheart's waist, whirling her round and round. Then they circle about each other, their arms alternately flung into the air, heads thrown back, marking the time with crisp stamping of their feet. They face about, rest their arms behind their backs, and advance and retire with quick steps. Suddenly they fall to the ground on one knee, their bodies arched and one hand curved back over their heads. The spring has run down. Their performance is at an end.' 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