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 ...

You know that smell when spring is coming? An earthy mustiness hangs over the city in March and April as the cold begins to crack and pops of green push through previously snow-covered soil. Seemingly ...

For dancer Anique Ayiboe, entering the world of “The Rite of Spring” has been a journey of discovery. The Togolese dancer, who has been traveling and performing with the renowned Pina Bausch ...

The Rites of Spring was a 1913 ballet by Igor Stravinsky that was highly modern and sparked a riot in Paris on May 29, 1913, ...

In 2009, just five days after receiving a cancer diagnosis, the world-renowned German choreographer Pina Bausch died. She left behind an electrifying body of work that changed dance forever, and just ...

One of the most important dates in classical music is the April 2, 1913, premiere of Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring,” but not for the famous riot that disrupted the ballet in Paris’ Théatre des ...

Opening is common ground[s], a piece made and performed by Germaine Acogny and Malou Airaudo. Acogny is known as “the mother of contemporary African dance”, and Airaudo was an early member of Pina ...

In 1984, at the age of 90, Martha Graham choreographed to Igor Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.” In 1984, at the age of 90, Martha Graham took on the enormous task of choreographing to Igor Stravinsky’s ...

Manicured gardens, nature, right down to the humble jellyfish, and muses such as Pina Bausch and Louise Bourgeois are among designers’ inspirations for spring. “The collection follows a very ...

Two daring jazz improvisers take on a cherished hundred-year-old classical ballet masterpiece with radical roots on The Rite of Spring: Spectre d'un songe. Igor Stravinsky was fresh off the success of ...