SAN FRANCISCO — Thursday was the last day of the spring of “The Rite of Spring.” By now everyone and his or her brother has seemingly found a way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the riotous ...
It’s hard today to imagine a ballet causing an audience to riot, but that’s what happened 100 years ago when the well-heeled Parisian spectators at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées revolted against Igor ...
To mark the birthday anniversary of composer Igor Stravinsky (b. June 17, 1882) classical host Cale Wiggins sets the record straight about riots and The Rite. Stravinsky's monumental work will be ...
If you’d told me in March that it’d still feel like spring mere days before the start of June, I’d have laughed in your face. And if you’d told the audience members of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X On May 29, 1913 a riot-inducing work of art, Rite of Spring, was performed at a Paris theater. One ...
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Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” is now 101 years old. Last year, good old-fashioned orchestras and ballet companies celebrated the century milestone. So did electronic DJs in New York and ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. This MASTERWORKS performance is a significant event as it marks the first time the ...