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The Rite of Spring: The return of the ballet masterpiece that caused a riot

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 ...
Bay Area Reporter

Pina Bausch's 'The Rite of Spring' reborn

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 ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta Ballet’s ‘Rite of Spring’ reflects Stravinsky’s raw power

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 ...
SF Station

Rite of Spring: Yang Liping & Peacock Contemporary Dance

Chinese dance legend and renowned choreographer Yang Liping brings her stunning reimagining of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring to Stanford Live in its U.S premiere. A product of her native Chinese culture ...
Times Argus

Compagnie Heddy Maalem's 'Rite of Spring' Dance, myth and difficulty

Two years ago, Stephen Petronio's rendition (entitled The Rite Part) interrupted Stravinsky's famous music with a Pink Floyd excerpt. One wonders at the hubris of choreographers taking this kind of ...