Louisville Ballet presents Rite of Spring, a completely re-imagined ballet performed to Stravinsky's original score. Streaming April 22nd through May 31st. | Louisville Ballet

A few show highlights from the four artistic and powerful ballets in our "Rite of Spring" program. Enjoy! Tickets are still available for our last two shows tonight and tomorrow: KCBALLET.ORG. | Kansas City Ballet

On This Day – May 29, 1913 – Igor Stravinsky’s "The Rite of Spring" premiered at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. With pounding rhythms, jarring harmonies, and Vaslav Nijinsky’s raw, angular choreography, the ballet stunned the audience… and sparked a near-riot. "'The Rite of Spring.' Now that was a revolutionary piece: It changed the history of music with its strange new rhythms, its barbaric grunting and howling, and its massive dissonant chords." - Leonard Bernstein, Young People's Concerts: H

24K views · 719 reactions | Igor Stravinsky on composing the Rite of Spring  | Fondation Igor Stravinsky | Facebook

Happy first day of spring 🌼🌿 To celebrate, we're rewatching Igor Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring' by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Peter Breiner. 🎬 Filmed live at BBC Studios and available in 4K UHD with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos technologies. 📍Watch in full – https://onair.events/igor-stravinsky-the-rite-of-spring | On Air