«Очарованный лес», Ocharovanyi les) is a ballet fantastique in one act, originally choreographed by Lev Ivanov to the music of Riccardo Drigo,[1] first presented by students of the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg, Russia, at the school's theatre on 5 April [O.S.
[1] La Forêt enchantée was originally produced for the Imperial Ballet School's annual graduation performances.
3 May] 1887 at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre on a bill with Jules Perrot's ballet La naïade et le pêcheur.
The critic for the newspaper The New Time reviewed that " ... the music of this ballet is outstanding in a symphonic sense, reveals an experienced composer, a man with taste, and an excellent orchestrator.
La Forêt enchantée was chosen by the director of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres Ivan Vsevolozhsky to be revived by Marius Petipa for performances attended by the Imperial Russian court at Peterhof on 25 July [O.S.
La Forêt enchantée was performed for the last time during the Imperial Ballet's summer season at Krasnoe Selo on 15 June [O.S.