Definitions for "Jeux"
Jeux ("Games") is the last work for orchestra written by Claude Debussy. Described as a "poème dansé" (literally a "danced poem"), it was originally intended to accompany a ballet, and was written for the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev to choreography by Nijinsky. Diaghilev intended the music to describe a homosexual encounter between three young men, and Nijinsky wanted to include an airplane crash: however, the final version of the story involved a man, two girls, and a game of tennis.