SAN FRANCISCO — Thursday was the last day of the spring of “The Rite of Spring.” By now everyone and his or her brother has seemingly found a way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the riotous ...

It’s hard today to imagine a ballet causing an audience to riot, but that’s what happened 100 years ago when the well-heeled Parisian spectators at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées revolted against Igor ...

(Above: Performers from Rec Room’s production of Igor Stravinsky’s ballet “The Rite of Spring.” Photo: Natasha Gorel) When Igor Stravinsky’s famous — and perhaps infamous — ballet: The Rite of Spring ...

The aggressively modern ballet premiered in Paris in 1913, and provoked a response just as striking as the music and dance. Then The Curtain Opened: The Bracing Impact Of Stravinsky's 'Rite' One ...

If you’d told me in March that it’d still feel like spring mere days before the start of June, I’d have laughed in your face. And if you’d told the audience members of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées ...

To mark the birthday anniversary of composer Igor Stravinsky (b. June 17, 1882) classical host Cale Wiggins sets the record straight about riots and The Rite. Stravinsky's monumental work will be ...

Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” is now 101 years old. Last year, good old-fashioned orchestras and ballet companies celebrated the century milestone. So did electronic DJs in New York and ...