Versions of this ballet submitted to an NPR contest included teenage boys dancing around a swimming pool with palm fronds and young children running around with scarves. The last section of this ballet begins with a passage that irregularly alternates between the time signatures of 3/16, 2/16, 5/16, and 2/8. The second section of this ballet begins
Versions of this ballet submitted to an NPR contest included teenage boys dancing around a swimming pool with palm fronds and young children running around with scarves. The last section of this ballet begins with a passage that irregularly alternates between the time signatures of 3/16, 2/16, 5/16, and 2/8. The second section of this ballet begins with strings playing E-flat dominant seventh chords stacked on top of F-flat major chords. Its set had a high hill under gray clouds, designed by (*) Nicholas Roerich (ROW-rick). Maria Piltz played the main role in this ballet, which has movements like "Mystic Circles of the Young Girls," "Ritual of Abduction" and "Dance of the Earth." In it, a girl dances herself to death as a sacrifice. For 10 points, name this riot-provoking ballet choreographed by Nijinsky, with orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky, about a pagan vernal ritual.
Versions of this ballet submitted to an NPR contest included teenage boys dancing around a swimming pool with palm fronds and young children running around with scarves.
The Rite of Spring [or Le sacre du printemps or Vesna svyashchennaya]