The riotous premiere of "The Rite of Spring" in 1913 Paris is something of a legend. Igor Stravinsky's dissonant, pulsating score; Vaslav Nijinsky's frantic, tribalistic choreography; and the ballet's ...
In a rehearsal studio lined by floor-to-ceiling mirrors in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Anique Ayiboe is hunched in on herself, a ball of nerves. Tonight, the 33-year-old Togolese member of the ...
The Rites of Spring Music Festival is set for June 16 at The Suffolk in Riverhead, at 7:30 p.m. “As we celebrate a decade of musical innovation on the East End, we’re honored to pay tribute to the ...
Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring has been called “the most important piece of music of the 20th century” by Leonard Bernstein, described as “sounding like a voice from another planet” by Aaron Copland ...
Thursday night's Dallas Symphony Orchestra concert may have had the highest average decibel count of any recent classical performance in the area. Most of that was built into the music, but there was ...
Western Piedmont Symphony will present MASTERWORKS: THE RITE OF SPRING, on Saturday, January 25. This season, the regional professional orchestra celebrates 60 years of music in the foothills of ...
In a rehearsal for Claudia Schreier’s new version of “The Rite of Spring,” Mikaela Santos brought the piece to its culmination — a solo in which a sacrificial female is compelled to dance to her last ...