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Recording of Millicent Hodson's reconstitution of Vaslav Nijinsky coreography , décor by Nicholas Roerich and music by Igor Stravinsky. Date of...
Sort by Classical Iconoclast (Free subscription) - 11/09/2009
At the ENO, there's a new ballet of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring ( read about it in The Times ) Stravinsky's music was revolutionary in 1913, and so was Nijinsky's choreography. It almost caused a riot, as innovation often does. Everything about it seemed "wrong", heresy against all that was sacred in music, dance and design. Only seven performances were held. The following year the First World...
