Igor Stravinsky And Marie Rambert's The Rite Of Spring

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One of the greatest and most infamous success scandals of the modern art is “The Rite of Spring”. In Paris, on May 29, 1913, a hundred and three years ago, the Ballets Russes debuted “Le Sacre du Printemps” which its traduction to English is “The Rite of Spring”. With the opening notes of the musician and composer Igor Stravinsky, the main dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, with Marie Rambert helping him to assist the choreographies, and Nicholas Roerich the costume designer a scandalous production was placed in staged. This performance was so scandalous that only get to present itself five to six times. The first time it was presented, It got so loud that the dancers had trouble hearing the music’s rhythm and the Police were called

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