Jeune Homme et la Mort Nathalie Philippart et jean Babilee - . Cocteau inaugurated in this ballet what he calls the "mystery of accidental synchrony" between dance and music: the dancers were repeated on jazz rhythms before dancing to the music of Bach. This ballet was seen by some as an expression danced Existentialism. (Cocteau drawing in Art and style, n ° 5, October 1946. Cocteau, Jean Babilée and Nathalie Philippart. Text and photos of ballet in Paris-Théâtre, n ° 89, October 1954.)
