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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the Dean of the College of Fine Arts and the Executive Vice President and Provost of The University ...

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 ...

*The Rite of Spring* helped set the stage for 20th century music. Characterized by its innovative orchestration and ferocious polyrhythms, Stravinsky’s ballet score allows individual players and ...

Consider Tulsa Ballet’s first mixed-bill program of the 2013-2014 season as a prime example of how eloquent a wordless art form can be. Of course ballet can tell a story –– that’s one of the prime ...

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 ...

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 ...