On May 29, 1913, Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring debuted in Paris. By intermission, the police had been called in break up the riot that was going on in the aisles of the Theatre du Champs ...

Symphony: The Rite of Spring April 10, 7:30 p.m. and April 12, 2:30 p.m., Heinz Hall, tickets start at $32 Stravinsky’s ballet “The Rite of Spring” was one of the most scandalous and ...

Igor Stravinsky’s ballet about a puppet that comes to life is no charming Pinocchio story. It’s a story of love, rejection, murder and revenge (by puppets!). Stravinsky's original 1911 version of his ...

"They had done the three big ballets, but Diaghilev had to keep making money," explains Grover Wilkins III, artistic director of Orchestra of New Spain, which with Avant Chamber Ballet is producing ...