![]() And some of the greatest names in the arts worked with Stravinsky on Rite of Spring’s realization and initial performance - it was written for and performed by Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, the original choreography was done by Vaslav Nijinsky, and the stage designs and costumes were designed by Nicholas Roerich.īut the accolades and exalted place in cultural history which Rite of Spring now enjoys contrast sharply with the reception it received upon its initial performance. Stravinsky is often compared to Picasso in terms of the relative impact he had upon music, and Rite of Spring is considered his most groundbreaking and influential work. The composition is considered a landmark of modern, avante-garde classical music, with its experiments and innovations in dissonance, tonality, metre and rhythm. To say the world of music and dance was shaken as a result would be no exaggeration. One of Roerich’s set designs for ‘Rite of Spring’ On May 29th, 1913, the revolutionary musical and dance composition “The Rite of Spring,” by Igor Stravinsky, was first publicly performed at Paris’ Theatre des Champs Elysees.
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