"The Rite of Spring" opens May 16th and runs through June 3rd at Desert Botanical Garden. Experience a world premiere performance that you can only find in Arizona with unforgettable choreography by Artistic Director Ib Andersen and music from Igor Stravinsky. This is a show you won't want to miss - get your tickets today! #BAZRiteOfSpring #DBGPhx #BalletArizona | Ballet Arizona

109K views · 1K reactions | All good things must come to an end Don't miss our last performance of The Rite Of Spring tonight at 8 pm at Desert Botanical Garden! Experience Ib Andersen's dynamic choreography and the breathtaking visuals of the Garden in a performance that is uniquely Arizonan. Tickets are available at balletaz.org. | Ballet Arizona | Facebook

179K views · 5.6K reactions | Watch one of today's most famous and most arresting contemporary ballets: Pina Bausch's The Rite of Spring, set to Stravinsky's music. Here's a snippet from a 2011 performance with Ruth Cruz Amarante as the chosen one. https://bit.ly/48d8MSy | medici.tv | Facebook

89K views · 4.2K reactions |  First look at Mats Ek's The Rite of Spring! The legendary choreographer harnesses the power of Stravinsky's totemic music to tell the story of an arranged marriage. Featuring 20 dancers and English National Ballet Philharmonic, this new version receives its world premiere this week at Sadler's Wells in London! Last few tickets remaining: https://www.ballet.org.uk/production/ek-forsythe-quagebeur/ | English National Ballet | Facebook

18K views · 795 reactions | Happy World Ballet Day 並 Ever wondered what the first production of the Rite of Spring ballet look like? Well, we've got you  Follow along with Marie Rambert’s 1913 notes on Vaslav Nijinsky’s original choreography with the music! Thanks to Rambert Dance Company for letting us take a peek at this amazing score  | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Facebook

The Rite of Spring || Behind the scenes The Rite of Spring’s 1913 premiere shocked Paris audiences of the time, evoking more controversy and wielding more influence than almost any other piece of music or dance in history. Nicolo Fonte’s 2014 version maintains the power and drama of the original, pairing Stravinsky’s iconic score with a libretto that dives into themes of community, ritual sacrifice and birth and re-birth in subtle and abstract ways. Join us as this one of a kind double bill take

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