One of the reasons, if a lesser one, that Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps ("The Rite of Spring") created a scandal at its Paris premiere on May 29, 1913 –more than a century ago now– was that, ...

Leo J. Welder Center for the Performing Arts was transformed this weekend into a realm where  the fantastical meets the formidable. Victoria Ballet Theatre’s latest double bill, “Seuss & Stravinsky”, ...

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 ...

Of the three short ballets in Pacific Northwest Ballet's latest rep, "Firebird" is gorgeous but a bit flat, while "Little mortal jump" and "Red Angels" still thrill.

Sacramento Ballet will wrap its 2023-24 season at a technical and inventive peak with Innovations (May 17-19, 2024), a thrilling bill of challenging, in-demand works. The performances feature Apollo - ...

For Igor Stravinsky's 125th birthday, Pacific Northwest Ballet kicks off a two-week celebration with the PNB orchestra playing his Greeting Prelude. It's a 50-second take on "Happy Birthday!" written ...

One way of approaching Igor Stravinsky’s new ballet Agon, in première at the New York City Center last week, is through a kind of game. The game: listening to the score alone (on an excellent new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the most important dates in classical music is the April 2, 1913, premiere of Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring,” but not ...

Stravinsky caused all sorts of waves with the Ballet Russe, and it's easy to forget that the first one was a good one, pushing its composer straight into the spotlight. The work that did it, the ...

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 ...