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 ...
The Joffrey Ballet expresses a unique, inclusive perspective on dance, proudly reflecting the diversity of America with its company and repertoire. The company will perform The Rite of Spring, Age of ...
“This music (The Rite of Spring), which was written by Stravinsky in 1913, is some of the greatest music composed in the 20th Century,” Mills said. “It stirs the emotions, in fact, this music evoked ...
Scènes de Ballet is a formidable undertaking. The ballet as a whole is like a chillingly beautiful woman: entirely, self-sufficiently aware of her beauty, she doesn't trouble to charm or entice. We ...
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 ...
Twelve terrorists. One cop. The odds are against John McClane... That's just the way he likes it.
Consider Tulsa Ballet’s first mixed-bill program of the 2013-2014 season as a prime example of how eloquent a wordless art form can be. Of course ballet can tell a story –– that’s one of the prime ...
On May 29, 1913, one of the wildest nights in dance and music history ushered in a 20th-century aesthetic: modern art. That evening, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, impresario Serge ...
As a child in Cape Town, South Africa, Sonia Zandile Constable was expected to find a “serious” career in academics or medicine. That may have happened, except for a fateful tea break her teacher took ...
Gennadi Nedvigin marks 10 years at Atlanta Ballet, pursuing his vision for a company capable of performing both classics and ...