Original production created at the Gare du Midi in Biarritz on 18 and 19 June, 2003.

In 1801, after the success of his first symphony with the Viennese audiences, Ludwig Van Beethoven received an invitation from the Vienna choreographer Salvatore Vigano to compose the music for a ballet: The Creatures of Prometheus. They chose a theme inspired by Greece and did not consider Prometheus only as the titan who took the fire away from the Gods to give it to Men. He also was the father of a new humanity that lifts them through art and knowledge. The piece was created in 1801 at the Burg Theater in Vienna, to honour the empress Marie-Thérèse, a protector of the arts.

The piece by Beethoven was used also later as a set for ballet performances. The version of choreographer Thierry Malandin instead of using the Promethean myth of the creation of Man, takes the tale of Genesis about the God of the ancient testament giving his creatures the holy fire of Dance.