Lucy Weir receives funding from The Leverhulme Trust. The ballet became a symbol of modernity, a bold vision of the future that was steeped in a global heritage. Sixty years later, in the German city ...

Phoenix Dance Company are one of the leading exponents of contemporary dance. Phoenix Dance Theatre present a culturally distinctive 21st century re-working of the iconic ballet, The Rite of Spring.

In a rehearsal studio lined by floor-to-ceiling mirrors in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Anique Ayiboe is hunched in on herself, a ball of nerves. Tonight, the 33-year-old Togolese member of the ...

Thomas Søndergård conducts Stravinsky’s groundbreaking ballet score, The Rite of Spring. Thomas Søndergård makes his debut as the Minnesota Orchestra’s Music Director Designate to conduct a stunning ...

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 ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Stéphane Denève, music director of the St. Louis Symphony ...

When The Rite of Spring was premiered in Paris in 1913, it created the most violent brouhaha in ballet history, with critics condemning Igor Stravinsky's music as barbarous and Vaslav Nijinsky's ...

Toward the end of Pina Bausch’s “Rite of Spring,” a woman in a wispy white shift walks up to a man and hands him a red dress, a look of terror in her eye. The ...

The Paris premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring was a pivotal moment in contemporary culture. A century later, the work remains one of the most thrilling experiences that the concert hall ...