1913 AD
Arts & CultureRite of Spring Premiere Riot
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The Rite of Spring (French: Le Sacre du printemps) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich. When first performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 29 May 1913, the avant-garde nature of the music and choreography caused a sensation.
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- Igor Stravinsky · 1882 AD – 1971 AD
- Sergei Diaghilev · 1872 AD – 1929 AD
- Vaslav Nijinsky · 1889 AD – 1950 AD
- Nicholas Roerich · 1874 AD – 1947 AD