The power, rhythmic complexity and virtuosity of Stravinsky’s 1913 work raised the bar for orchestral music. To perform it requires high-wire concentration. And to perform it from memory…? Aurora ...
Miranda’s body is becoming a stranger to her. She is beginning menopause, while recovering from a diving accident she barely survived. Her doctor has given her strict instructions: she mustn’t put her ...
The Rites of Spring was a 1913 ballet by Igor Stravinsky that was highly modern and sparked a riot in Paris on May 29, 1913, between traditionalists, who were appalled by its modernity, and the ...
Eventually and inevitably someone is chosen to wear the garment and with that decision comes death. First heard in 1913, Stravinsky’s mould-breaking The Rite of Spring met its match in 1975 with Pina ...
At its premiere in 1913, Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky’s Rite of Spring shocked audiences and divided critics. The ballet centred around a straightforward yet brutal narrative – a community ...
The Utah Symphony is performing “The Rite of Spring” where audiences will feel the contrast between the starkness of the desert and the frenetic intensity of spring's awakening. The Utah Symphony’s ...
(The) Rite of Spring Michel Tabachnik, Conductor Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra Igor Stravinsky, Composer (Le) Chant du Rossignol, 'Song of the Nightingale' Michel Tabachnik, Conductor Igor ...
Conductor Robert Spano assumes the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s podium again this month, his first appearances here since 2022. On May 2 and May 3 the venerated ASO music director laureate conducted a ...
Performances in N.Y.C. A company of dancers from across Africa perform Bausch’s canonical work around the world. “I’ve always felt that this was an African dance,” said Germaine Acogny. Dancers, drawn ...