The return of the ballet masterpiece that caused a riot - IN FOCUS: When Pina Bausch premiered her 1975 version of Stravinsky ...

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 ...

LONDON — “What if you tried to put your nose on the floor?” Wayne McGregor asked with a smile. Jeffrey Cirio, an American Ballet Theatre principal, complied. He swerved out of an upper-body undulation ...

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 ...

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Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring' and Bartok's 'Miraculous Mandarin' enraged audiences when they were first performed.

Igor Stravinsky’s seminal ballet, “The Rite of Spring,” famously caused an uproar when it debuted in Paris in 1913. Stravinsky’s dissonant score and Vaslav Nijinsky’s staccato choreography struck a ...

The first performance of Vaslav Nijinsky's "The Rite of Spring" in 1913 so shocked the Parisian audience that they rioted in the streets outside the theater. A century later, it's hard to imagine how ...

Ballet enthusiasts -- especially those used to frilly tutus, tiaras and classical music -- may have had a surprise yesterday, when the Washington Ballet presented a preview of its "Rite of Spring" at ...

Patricia Johnson-Vierra began studying ballet in 1970 at age 10, inspired by her best friend’s classes and mentored by Ms. Ingeborg Heuser. She performed in The Nutcracker each year, dancing as a Page ...

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