#rite of spring (stravinsky)

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The Rite of Spring - Fantasia (1940)

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The Rite of Spring and The Firebird.

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The Rite of Spring : Glorification of the Chosen One

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Few of my favorite classical theatre pieces that I think suits the spooky season 👀:

- The Rite of Spring (1913)

- Hanjo + Aoinoue (14-15th century)

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much to consider

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Bronislava Nijinska, graduation picture, 1908

Bronislava Nijinska was a Russian ballet dancer of Polish descent and an innovative choreographer. In 1910 she joined Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, where she assisted her famous brother Vaslav Nijinsky in the development of several groundbreaking choreographic works, including The Rite of Spring (1913) composed by Igor Stravinsky.

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the rite of spring

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Am I the only one who's hoping for Barbie in the Rite of Spring

Come on Mattel, try on some Stravinsky

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A section of The Rite of Spring animation sequence from Walt Disney’s Fantasia - 1940.

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Greetings, you lovely fools.

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy spring. I'm not sure what else to put in this post.

To celebrate, I dressed up like Alice in Wonderland (because why not? My pyjamas are literally a blue dress. I also have an apron. It was easy.) I also had a slice of chocolate cake for breakfast for the first time in my life.

There was a bit of an aftertaste, because the cake is two days old (my mom's birthday was two days ago), but otherwise it was fine. Not bad.

Not sure what I'll do today. Probably dance naked or summon Mesopotamian rain gods or something. Or I could just call my boyfriend up and tell him happy spring or something. Maybe I'll go for a walk. Probably get some antihistamines, because my allergies are so bad that I legit cannot BREATHE and it's making me feel immediately exhausted.

I DO have an appointment for my heart doctor, but that's okay. I hope it won't take too long, though.

To celebrate, I am posting the Rite of Spring ballet because I love classical music and Stravinsky and I just want to dance to something that sounds utterly discordant.

(DUN dun dun dun, DUN dun dun dun, DUN-dun-dun, DUN-dun, DUN-duh-duh)

Anyways, Happy Spring Solstice!

-Ash

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bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom BOM bom BOM bom bom bom bom bom BOM bom bom BOM bom bom bom BOM bom bom bom bom BOM bom bom

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for those interested, here is the full tv movie Riot At The Rite (2005) which is about the production & arguably disastrous opening night of igor stravinsky's The Rite of Spring / Le Sacre du Printemps on may 29th 1913. it contains the full ballet, including the reconstructed original choreography by russian ballet dancer vaslav nijinsky, which had actually been lost for 50 years & only rediscovered and pieced back together in i wanna say the 1980s or so

stravinsky had composed Firebird in 1910 and then Petrushka in 1911, which are 2 very beautiful (and normal-sounding) pieces, & Rite of Spring was such a violent departure with no warning for the highbrow paresian audience who had attended expecting classical ballet that they famously flipped out in their seats. screaming, throwing things, blowing whistles, the guys backstage tried turning the house lights on & off to quell the commotion, it was a mess

Rite of Spring is at its core a piece about human beings in prehistoric russia, their rituals to welcome spring, and human sacrifice to "gods" - the names of which im not familiar with, if any. it's the most important piece of music to me in my life, & in my opinion as audience member observing the art & considering its historical context, there could have been no better reception to Rite of Spring than this riot. as the dancers became the characters of those prehistoric men and woman, in the same way the original audience unintentionally became the characters of those gods - in a position of aloof better-than observers looking in, violent, screaming, and foaming at the mouth for blood. in my humble opinion 111 years after the fact, anyway.

happy spring everybody! 🤓

[belovedfiend]

"I like to think of this piece as a celebration of creativity, period. A new music is born, and sometimes births are violent."

Miles Hoffman, on Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps)