Theatre Review: 'Rite of Spring' at Pointless Theatre Company by Elle Marie Sullivan

Igor Stravinsky's controversial orchestral piece, 'The Rite of Spring' premiered in 1913 at the Ballet Russes in Paris. It caused riots with its opening performance. Stravinsky's experiments with tone, dissonance, and meter partnered with Vaslav Nijinsky's angular and rigid choreography was not what the audience had expected. Over 100 years later, “The Rite of Spring” […]

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