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Le Spectre de la rose (English:The Spirit of the Rose) is a shortballet. It is about a young girl who dreams of dancing with the spirit of asouvenirrose from her first ball.Jean-Louis Vaudoyer wrote the ballet story. He based it on a verse byThéophile Gautier.

The dances were designed byMichel Fokine. The music wasHector Berlioz's 1841orchestration ofCarl Maria von Weber's piano musicAfforderung zum Tanz (English:Invitation to the Dance).Léon Bakst designed the sets andcostumes.

The ballet was first presented inMonte Carlo on 19 April 1911.Vaslav Nijinsky danced The Rose andTamara Karsavina danced The Young Girl.Spectre became internationally famous for the leap (jump) Nijinsky made through a window at the ballet's end. After it was presented, the ballet was described as "immediate success" by writer Grace Robert.