Entrée of the Grand Ballet

As the violins began to play an entrée, the dryads (wood nymphs) left their niches in Pan's grove and presented themselves in the middle of the hall, before the king. Then, turning their backs to the king they danced towards Circe's enchanted garden where they greeted the naiads, who had just been freed from Circe's spell.

The naiades then proceeded, two by two, to the middle of the room where they were joined by the dryads. The violins, once again, changed their tone and commenced playing the entrée to the Grand ballet. "It was composed of fifteen figures, arranged in such a way that at the end of each figure all the ladies turned to face the king."(MacClintock,p.90)

(This was danced to twelve measures of music, sung by five voices in 4/4 tempo.)