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The Rite of Spring (French: Le Sacre du printemps) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich.
The Rite of Spring, ballet by Russian modernist composer Igor Stravinsky that premiered at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris on May 29, 1913. It is considered one of the first examples of Modernism in music and is noted for its brutality, its barbaric rhythms, and its dissonance.
May 20, 2013 · Here is the groundbreaking ballet by Igor Stravinsky, Nicholas Roerich and Vaslav Nijinsky, as reconstructed by Hodson and Archer and performed by the Joffrey Ballet in 1987.
Mar 27, 2011 · Watch the stunning performance of Pina Bausch's choreography for Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, a masterpiece of modern ballet that explores the primal forces of nature and human emotions. This ...
We explore Stravinsky's ground-breaking ballet The Rite of Spring, and why it has grown so important in the history of music, as well as its best recordings.
May 29, 2013 · Of all the scandals of the history of art, none is so scandalous as the one that took place on the evening of 29 May 1913 in Paris at the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring....
Part I: Adoration of the Earth00:00 Introduction03:28 The Augurs of Spring, Dances of the Young Girls06:46 Ritual of Abduction08:03 Spring Rounds11:45 Ritual...
Stravinsky’s ballet score is an epochal landmark in music. Its French and Russian (Vesna svyashchennaya) titles translate literally as The Coronation Of Spring. Its English title, The Rite Of Spring, lends a suitably chilling dimension, for the scenario is a pagan ritual in which a sacrificial virgin dances herself to death.
The Rite of Spring is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich.
Chapter 1: Meaning - The Rite of Spring is a ballet, rich in both dramatic and musical meanings. It deploys four groups of characters (Young Women, Young Men, an Old Woman, and Old Men) who move through four expressive modes : pastoral, military, religious, and wild dance.
