A la recherche de … Ballet in three parts with choreography by Béjart, music by Webern in the first section and texts by Juan de la Cruz in the second. Premiered 26 July 1968 by Ballet of the 20th Century in Avignon with Sifnios, Pinet, and Lanner in first section, M. Césares reciting in the second, and Bortoluzzi, Asakawa, Donn, Bari, Lommel, and Gielgud in the third. It moves from a display of pure neo-classical ballet to a symbolic tale of three men embarking on a quest and encountering the gods Rama, Krishna, and Shiva.




