The history of art, music, ballet, opera, and literature is one dotted with the curious, bewildered, shocked receptions of the...
I want to find dance’s “fundamental feature” as Roland Barthes, in his 1980 Camera Lucida, did for photography. I’ll begin,...
On the surface, these two ballets could not be more contrasting. Yet, what thematically links them is the iconoclastic approach of both Sir Kenneth MacMillan's choreography (this production marks twenty five years of his passing) and the bold invention of Scottish Ballet's own Artistic Director Christopher Hampson—not to mention, of course, the “The Rite Of Spring's” notorious first Parisian performance in 1913, which caused riots.
The year was 1913; the city, Paris. The cause for commotion—indeed, a full-blown riot? Vaslav Nijinsky’s choreography for Sergei Diaghilev’s...
“The Rite of Spring” is celebrated as much for its infamy as it is for its groundbreaking aesthetic and influence...
In May of 1913, the choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky premiered a ballet that culminated in a riot. The ballet, “The Rite...
