The Rite of Spring adds new layers of modernist dissonance ... the orchestra was joined by seven women from the Atlanta-based Glo dance company. To choreography by Lauri Stallings, with flowing ...
Something happened May 29, 1913, when composer Igor Stravinsky debuted “The Rite of Spring” as music for a ballet in Paris.
The Draw: Caulfield's dramatic aplomb. Target Audience: Anyone who scoffs at the appeal of modern dance. THE RITE OF SPRING (April 21 to 23 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre) Vaslav Nijinsky was the ...
The narrative of the Rite is based on a vision that came to Stravinsky of a pagan Russian society where, to ensure the arrival of Spring, a young maiden is selected to dance herself to death as a ...