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 ...
Stravinsky’s electrifying ballet and internationally celebrated pianist Olga Kern performing Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra welcomes back pianist Olga Kern to ...
Ever since I was first introduced to Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” in a course I took in university on Western Theatrical Dance, I have been in love with the piece. Two years ago, "The Rite ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Pierre Monteux, who led the scandalous premiere of “The Rite of Spring,” went on to a career of remarkable peace and selflessness. Pierre Monteux, who led the scandalous ...
The anarchic energy and haunting melodies of Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” have fascinated generations of dancers and choreographers since the ballet’s première, for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets ...