Le Boeuf sur le Toit (The Ox on the Roof - subtitle: The Nothing-Doing Bar), 1920 is a surrealist ballet. The first performance was given at the Comédie des Champs-Élysées, Paris, on 21 February 1920. It featured a score by Darius Milhaud that is strongly influenced by Brazilian popular music, a scenario by Jean Cocteau, stage designs by Raoul Dufy, and costumes by Guy-Pierre Fauconnet. There were eight characters: the Barman, the Red-headed Lady, the Décolletée Lady, the Policeman, the Negro Boxer, the Bookmaker, the Gentleman in Evening Dress, and the Negro Boy. Le ballet gave its name to a well-known Parisian bar-restaurant that opened in 1922. Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious. ... The Waltz of the Snowflakes from Tchaikovskys The Nutcracker. ... Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud (September 4, 1892 – June 22, 1974) was a French composer and teacher. ... Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (July 5, 1889 – October 11, 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker. ... Raoul Dufy Raoul Dufy (June 3, 1877 – March 23, 1953) was a French Fauvist painter born in Le Havre in Normandy. ...