Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1917
Controversial Paris premiere
The first performance produced a divided and disorderly response. Some spectators booed, hissed, and shouted, objecting particularly to Picasso's Cubist costumes and the ballet's unconventional mixture of popular entertainment and avant-garde art.
1917
Satie–Poueigh legal dispute
After critic Jean Poueigh published an unfavorable review, Erik Satie sent him an abusive postcard. Poueigh sued, and the case resulted in Satie receiving a short prison sentence. Jean Cocteau was arrested after repeatedly disrupting the court proceedings.