Superimposed E major and E-flat seventh chords form the basis of one section of this work punctuated with seemingly random accents.
Millicent Hodson reconstructed this work's original choreography for a revival by the Joffrey Ballet in 1987. Superimposed E major and E-flat seventh chords form the basis of one section of this work punctuated with seemingly random accents. That section precedes the arrival onstage of an old woman telling the future and the "Dance of the Abduction." A bassoon playing in an unusually high register opens the first of its two parts, entitled "The Adoration of the Earth." In its final section, the "Sacrificial Dance," the chosen girl dances herself to death. For 10 points, name this ballet choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky and composed by Igor Stravinsky, which caused a riot at its 1913 premiere.
Millicent Hodson reconstructed this work's original choreography for a revival by the Joffrey Ballet in 1987.
The Rite of Spring [or Le sacre du printemps]