"Rite" is, first and foremost, a modern rendition of a primitive renewal myth. So when Eliade shows how "the idea of renewal is central not only to primitive myth, the religions of the East and early ...
Chinese dance legend and renowned choreographer Yang Liping brings her stunning reimagining of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring to Stanford Live in its U.S premiere. A product of her native Chinese culture ...
In 1913, Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring and Nijinsky’s choreography for Ballet Russes nearly caused a riot in Paris. The music, with its jarring experiments in meter, tonality and dissonance, ...