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Rite of Spring, The
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Synopses of two versions including premiers, featured dancers, choreographers, and related material.
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Le Sacre du Printemps/ The Rite of Spring The ballet represents a fertility rite, during which a girl is sacrified. It caused a big scandal at the Paris premiere, and was given only six times afterwards. Leonide Massine made another version of it, using Roerich's sets, with Lydia...Synopsis of the original work.
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The Rite of Spring The curtain rises to reveal young men and women in separate groups. Their surroundings are primitive and dominated by the dark forces of nature. At first the dances are light hearted but they slowly change to have more aggressive and...