Joffrey Ballet Recreates The Rite of Spring

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Joffrey Ballet Recreates The Rite of Spring.

Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center marks the 100th anniversary of what is considered to be dance’s most influential work, with the Joffrey Ballet’s re-creation of the original Ballets Russes production of The Rite of Spring Feb. 1–3 at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion downtown.

Igor Stravinsky’s score and Vaslav Nijinsky’s choreography for the 1913 Paris premiere of The Rite of Spring sparked a riot that is said to have given birth to modern music and dance. Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center marks the 100th anniversary of what is considered to be dance’s most influential work, with the Joffrey Ballet’s re-creation of the original Ballets Russes production Feb. 1–3 at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion downtown. It took choreographer and dance historian Millicent Hodson more than 15 years to piece together original scores, paintings, reviews and notes for the reconstruction . The opening-night program includes Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain, the other two performances William Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown, 213.972.7211. musiccenter.org

 

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