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The Rite of Spring

Hardcover • 2019 • 1. edition

The Rite of Spring

By Gillian Moore

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On 29 May 1913, at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris, a new ballet by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky, received its premiere. Many of the cultural big names of Paris were there, or were rumoured to have been there: Debussy, Ravel, Proust, Gertrude Stein, Picasso. When the curtain rose on a cast of frenziedly stamping dancers, a near-riot ensued, ensuring the evening would enter the folklore of modernism. While it was the dancing that triggered the mayhem, Strav...Show more

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9781786696823

Publisher

Head of Zeus

Published year

2019

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1

Original title

The Rite of Spring

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Hardcover

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