The first &amp;#8220;surreal&amp;#8221; work of art was the ballet &amp;#8220;Parade&amp;#8221; performed in May of 1917:
The word &amp;#8220;surreal&amp;#8221; was coined by the poet/art critic Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918), and appeared for the first time in the program notes for ballet Parade (May 1917), a Ballets Russes production that enlisted the talents of Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau, Erik Satie and Leonid Massine. Click above program for video account including commentary by Cocteau.