In 1913, pandemonium erupted at the Paris premiere of Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring ... controversial ballet gets a faithful restaging by the Chicago-based Joffrey Ballet, which ...

The birth of modernism in ballet was a violent one as “The Rite of Spring’s” debut illustrated. Historian Lynn Garafola wrote that Stravinsky’s inspiration for the ballet came when he ...

Nigel Lythgoe proves to be the secret ingredient missing from all the hype behind the Joffrey ... Ballet to Los Angeles, and that was just for a weekend performance of Le Sacre du Printemps (The ...

The Joffrey Ballets 1987 production of Vaslav Nijinsky and Igor Stravinskys The Rite of Spring used the original sets costumes and choreography from the 1913 production ...