I just watched three other productions of this choreography back-to-back with this one: there's no competition, Beatriz Rodriguez is the ultimate Chosen One. The frozen terror, the wide-eyed quivering, the adrenaline-fueled panicked leaps -- she's dancing for her life. A magnificent performance, she makes all the others look like pampered ballerinas just going through the motions.
I'm going to pin this comment to the top. You know that this ballet of the Joffrey had to be pulled from their own guts. There was no video to watch there was nothing but notes from Nijinsky's assistant some scratchings and Stravinsky's margins and 15 years of meticulous research. But when it came to the stage all of those dancers had to pull from within their own fear and Beatriz Rodriguez IS it.
Completely agree. This is raw; other performances seem polite and self-conscious by comparison. The rite is brutal and merciless and the dancing should convey that. Any dancer not willing to totally sacrifice themselves to this score would be better off sticking with Coppelia.
When it's the 4 AM and you heard that this was the edgiest shit in 1913 so you watch it but then you can't sleep because it was at least 15X creepier than expected.
That's exactly what I did last night! XD I feel wrecked today because I'm exhausted after watching this when I should have been in bed, got thoroughly freaked out and had to stay up watching mindless BuzzFeed videos until I finally felt like I could sleep!
It may be obvious, but I adore the Chosen One's wide-eyed stare. She's terrified, in her prime, and ideally not wishing to die. Yet as her role suggests, she has no other choice. Also, when she begins to dance, and I could be wrong, it looks like she's trying to escape at some points, like she wants to desperately leave, yet is trapped with several eyes watching her. And ultimately, she has to accept her fate in giving herself up for the good of her people, at least in her mind.
You are absolutely right. The choreography is such that she is fighting. For 5 minutes. The thing about Beatriz Rodriguez: the FIRST Chosen One in our lifetime - is her fear! Also her mouth is open in places implying a scream. Love it,
I keep wondering why her arms are always motioning to the right? the way she looks like she's desperately thinking with her head resting on her hand in the air always holds my attention.
Funny how you can have different takes on things. To me, that wide-eyed stare is one of the loss of herself and soul and is like a zombie. This is the function of ritual dances still practices around the world by shaman of many kinds. She is not trying to escape her fate: she is attempting to contact the next world thought the dance, and has already begun to enter it, until, finally, she leaves this world entirely.
It occurs to me every once in a while that The Chosen One stands in that awkward position, perfectly still for over five minutes before launching into a frenzy of athleticism for the next five. It doesn't surprise me that this role is beyond the scope of most dancers. I'll be seeing this live in March. Everything feels like it's about March now...
Damn that's brutal. First one to make a mistake in the dance, chosen to die. The other girls seem to dance not only for the ritual but also because they know they're alive now at least for another year. The girl who is chosen to die has probably done this dance many times before and can't believe she was finally the one. She's scared and wants to get out, but can't. She's trapped. She despairs but then embraces the dance, driven by the weight of this ancient ritual. Old men stare at her perform the dance, just waiting for her death, seeming almost aroused. And when she dies they probably return to their normal lives (in old pagan Russia). So creepy to think yourself in the place of the girl. Living your place in the middle of nowhere, seeing the beauty of the land, then made to sacrifice yourself for centuries old beliefs.
Antliamies that is a wicked grasp on the libretto. it's right on the money and I think it is Stravinsky score that hammers the whole thing Into Darkness
Brilliantly summed up! This ballet is so brutal,jarring and disturbing and wonderful. No wonder it freaked everyone the fuk out when it premiered. Thanks to Joffery for bring this back to life. I've never seen anything like "The Rite" and don't think we ever will. Creepy and beautiful
I am going to share your comment in a collection of reactions to Le Sacre is that ok? They range from "that dude at minute 4 is gay" to what you wrote. If that person got to MINUTE 4...well...I can't put him down for being narrow in thought cuz he might be coming out of it.
Fatova Mingus I'd be honored if you used anything I posted on here. Thankyou so much for putting it on UA-cam for us. Amazing how this ballet doesn't seem dated at all. So ahead of its time. People are always drawn to the macabre and this ballet exemplifies that perfectly. A glimpse into our not so distant "uncilized past" and again thankyou
NO no no..thank you! I still can't believe the draw to this (these) videos. Someone made a comment 2 years ago then recently made a different one, an appreciative one. I am blessed to have so many people to share this with!
Wyatt Wahlgren actually this ballet the Rite of Spring is about a tribal girl who dances to death starting with the ritual on the advent of spring then a second part continues to where she stands in the center waiting to dance to her death and finally coming into the final ritual, she dances and altogether the tribe dances and she keeps dancing until she has fallen into her death.
Ikr the soundtracks to pretty much any horror and action movie have most likely taken inspiration from this ballet, whether or not they are aware. Stravinsky truly pushed the limits of classical arrangement, and even jazz. Listening to The Rite of Spring without context allows the listener to interpret the situation based on how it makes them feel, whether it be a slasher chase scene or a Batman fight.
@@sohaaijaz8227 I'm sorry for the late response. I wasn't aware of your reply. That was my point though. It's scary to think of a society where you are obligated to dance yourself to death (yes, I know that this didn't actually happen in Pagan Russia, but the point remains). When I wrote this comment, I was afraid of death. This Ballet scared me. Now, I have no fear of death.
This is by far the best version of the rite of spring I have seen. They captured her fear perfectly and this is much creepier than any horror film I have ever seen
Everyone has been freaked out by "B-Rod"From the minute they push her into the circle and she looks at them right in the face - she looks at each dancer as if to say "what the hell" to the madness descent with her mouth wide open and her face just expressing all of it, she just let go. And she had to she had never seen the ballet she had to just do what she thought it would be about. She's also a very lovely person
Imagine being used to folk music concerts and going to one and it ends up being heavy metal. That's how drastically different this was from anything that had ever been done at the time.
Not just a folk music concert - it was a ballet, so even more extreme of a difference! Imagine wanting to go to the ballet, with its beauty and grace and classical music accompaniment and you get loud, dissonant music with dancers stomping around pigeon-toed! Crazy stuff.
People probably saw the word "spring" in the title and thought, "How nice...pastoral scenes, flowers, wood nymphs..." and what they got was a harsh, brutal scene of prehistoric life culminating in a human sacrifice.
From what I understand it wasn't that everybody hated it, it was the fact that it was so polarizing of a piece that half the audience were angry about the ballet and the other half were angry at the people that were yelling over the orchestra. That is why there were honest-to-god fist fights breaking out in the audience.
To add to that: A lot of classical musicians think Stravinsky's music started the riot. But keep in mind that most of these people had already heard Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Pierrot Lunaire. It was really Nijinsky's choreography that started the riot. People were used to seeing - as Drahthaar422 says - "pink tutus," for lack of a more encompassing term. The jerky, unsettling, cold dancing and the emotional removal from the audience was upsetting and disturbing to many.
She stays in place, literally paralyzed in fear, for almost five minutes, then when she starts dancing, the legs shaking and the tries of running. I always have a hard time since I can't seem to look away from her (my english sucks, sorry).
I understood exactly what you meant she is trapped. and she does try to escape and she does find exhaustion and she does Panic again and again and then finally gives up. what I love about talking here is how much we learn. there was a kid who said “I think she grabs onto her leg because she wants them to stop dancing” . that's awesome
+Blanca Diaz Terrifying is a good description. Touching and terrifying--desperation. Ancient peoples actually did things like this. She was magnificent.
+Fatova Mingus Thanks. Riveting. The part that gets me every time is the stiff legged move when she's failing and pounding the fist on the floor. Lots of energy in this performance, however in the Joffrey above, I like the knee shaking that she does. I noticed that the other performer didn't do that move. I think it adds a lot. Both are good though. For the ensemble, what really makes it effective at the very end is how fast they can move in and lift her in perfect timing with the music. A sharp performance will have that sound implying the snap of the neck. Stravinsky wanted raw human drama and emotion and he sure got it. Nijinsky gave the perfect visual equivalent. I'm noticing an increasing interest in this particular work and that's good. I'm trying to spread the word on it. There is so much brain-dead crap blanketing the public every day, that I think more people are beginning to seek out things like this. Even though the subject here is terrifying, it's part of human experience and wakes people up, so it's good.
+B Davis The shaking thing? Best done by Daria Pavlenko which is posted as Le Sacre du Printemps Mariinsky 2013 (2 of 2). You can skip to the end. She does this weird thing where she stops shaking then slams back into it. Its very cool...Beatriz Rodriguez still gets all props. All props.
+B Davis Stravinsky did not like Nijinsky. He wasn't in love with the choreography but he didn't hate it. There is a great clip of Stravinsky talking about the first time he played this for Diaghilev (the ballet company's owner). It's hilarious. ua-cam.com/video/3vwq1AyYGzo/v-deo.html
Well...I have been doing a lot of work on this ballet and I have failed to point out that the Joffrey as an ensemble will never be topped. Every other company is lazy not invested at all. But...the Joffrey Ballet has the "Nijinsky Inheritance"...I hope you still watch!
The music and choreography are sublime, but what also amazes me is that these are dancers who would have trained all their lives to perform perfect variations en pointe, only to then get asked to jump around the stage with their toes turned in...must have been an uncomfortable experience for them at first...
wow there is a great doc on just this on my "Le Sacre du Printemps" channel by the JOffrey dancers, Millicent Hodson, artistic director etc. THey had to really "unlearn" ballet. Imagine the Russian Imperial dancers try to do this in 1913?
@@princessdi702 it's Stravinsky. It's great. I meant sublime in a general positive sense, as opposed to its specific philosophical definition...I was about 17 when I wrote this comment haha
Olivia Laudermilch Beatriz Rodriguez is the first Chosen One since 1913 and she nailed it period for you to catch that fear in her eyes is her Legacy really
There is something inherent in the Joffey's ability to interpret both Stravinsky and Nijinsky. All these years since their debut, they still possess something I have failed to see another company hear/see/feel/breathe. God bless Robert Joffrey.
I'm a huge fan of horror movies and this is one of the creepiest, most unsettling things I've ever seen. Especially because you know it is something that was and still is practiced throughout human history :/
Yes and no. Human sacrifice yes, dancing yourself to death is pretty much impossible. You would pass out long before. And that occurs to me every time I see an interpretation of this scene, or for that matter Bolero.
Yes! I was transfixed when I first saw this video. Once I started learning what it was about and how they chose her as the sacrifice it got even weirder. And more beautiful and breathtaking and historical and we almost never saw this can you imagine? 70 years lost thank God it was found but we never would have known about nijinsky
It IS....it IS! And no one has really brought that up before. I wonder where Nijinsky got this concept..or Roerich who wrote the libretto based on the whole Pagan Russia thing. Watching it again now...yes. Disturbing. Thank you!
They seem like they are prostrating themselves before some invisible god, over and over. And they are basically throwing themselves to the floor violently, like this entire ritual is meant to hurt, like their pain is also being sacrificed and the girl is the final piece of pain and terror to appease a hungry deity.
I'm so glad I found this. Other than in heavy metal I can't seem to find anything as well written with the purpose to be emotionally extreme and intense. So primitive yet so technical and methodical.
Tommie Thrash see THIS is why i love having these videos. comments like yours. Zappa wrote a lot of music around The Rite of Spring. thank you for your comment!
@Fatova Mingus And the villain theme 'One Winged Angel' from Final Fantasy VII was inspired by this ballet's music, and the composer spoke of how this was like metal, but for orchestra. (Tommie Thrash and the composer said it better.)
I'm trying to comprehend how Stravinsky's mind even conceived this in 1913. I can't. His daring was amazing. So was his dedication to it. Took a while for the public to realize what a layered, raw and passionate masterpiece it is. It really gets into you. It may not be exactly "hummable", but it is follow-able. That's how it gets into you. I like to think of it as the heavy-metal, the Metallica of 1913. Speaking of which, many heavy-metal players have some classical training and the better metal bands like Metallica feature very layered and complex rhythms.
You know they just found a piece of his called "Funeral Song" written for his mentor Rimsky Korsakov and it was a strong indicator of where he would head. He changed the direction of music forever with The Rite and explains (in one of my videos in the "stravinsky" channel that he didn't write it: he was the vessel through which it came". Huh! Raw, layered like you said and YES he was an enormous influence from 1920 on...all the way to Frank Zappa and Metallica and...you and me. God bless Igor Stravinsky. If you want to hear a beautiful 2 minute piece...it makes me cry it is so pretty and deep...ua-cam.com/video/fQjmTwL2T28/v-deo.html I made a little video collection to it.
Well this is the magic of Le Sacre du printemps. It's Nijinsk’s Masterpiece . I think it was nearly lost forever. it might be dramatic but feel that it was his ghost that restlessly waited for Robert Joffrey . Mr. Joffrey recovered this ballet and died shortly after it but I think that the inheritance of this ballet was left to the Joffrey. And Nijinsky was set free.
The rhythmic drive and precision of this performance are stunning. The stamps from the stage build upon the orchestral sounds, and invest these imaginings of the distant past with an amplified and terrible vitality. Great to experience this reprise of the riotous original version.
+Carl Willis I like this review. If you watch any other performance..ANY...you will not see another company as invested in Stravinsky as this 1989 troupe. They were THE first to perform it since 1913. Everything is in synch. There is no waiting for a musical clue for the next step. It is an effort like none I have seen.
Yes indeed. It was the first one and so she had to perform this going off of notes from the story and pull from her own personal story to perform. She is a lovely woman a very well-liked and clearly a gutsy dancer
I just recently discovered this ballet. I have always loved the music since I heard it in Disney's Fantasia when I was a kid. And now, seeing the ballet, I am completely captivated by the story and the performances! So unique, off-putting, unsettling and hypnotizing all at the same time!
This caused a riot in 1913 on May 29th because patrons of the arts in Paris couldn't stretch themselves to see the story ballet and the music. It was performed nine times in Nijinski did not work again after this. It is a miracle that this ballet was recovered and isn't it scary as hell??!!
The Joffrey version is without a doubt, my favorite version of Le sacre du printemps! The Marinsky is awesome, but this version shows so much more emotion. The close spacing makes the Sacrifice part even more terrifying when she is surrounded by the elders, and they get in her face. I enjoy how precisely on the beat the Joffrey ballet performs- it actually feels like a ritual being performed, something they are familiar with, until it reaches sunset, when the reality of pending death sinks in, and they erupt into chaos. The part where the girls turn on the chosen one shows how vicious and brutal they are. Mocking and laughing at her, celebrating that they will live and she will die. Yet, when the elders enter, they suddenly worship her and pound the ground- almost as if they realized what was about to happen to her, and how close they came to being in her spot. Every time I watch and listen to it, I learn something new, and it is so fascinating. Thanks for uploading it!
Man this is it right here what you just wrote. And the Joffrey was given the inheritance of the ballet by Vaslav Nijinsky and I truly believe that. Would you be interested in writing a post for my blog ? fatovamingus@gmail.com
@@fatovamingus Feel free to use anything that I wrote for your blog, no need to credit me :) I would write a post for you, but I am pretty busy with family lately.
The ballet dancers are INCREDIBLE. I just wish the orchestra was up to par. If we could somehow marry this dancing with Yoel Levi and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's music, it'd be heaven. I just think the "Glorification de l'Élue" and the "Danse Sacrale l'Élue" need to be a little faster to really give off the panic of the chosen one and the euphoria of everyone else at her expense.
Had to come back for another look! I appreciate this more each time,I love the dark,the fear,the human feet pounding...just Wow.And Fatova its generous people like you who take the time to share these bits of brilliance with others,I find humbling. Watching the "Rite" is almost like seeing a horrible car crash and its aftermath. You Just Cant Stop Looking.
i love this ballet because it completely defied the norms of the time and made rich people riot. i also love the irony of the self-proclaimed “posh and civilized” audience calling the dancers and musicians savages, when it is they who started riots over this, and the performers who remained composed and let the show go on.
Boom boom boom. I love when the self entitled arrogant parisians whether it be then or now - find themselves in such a box of narrow-mindedness that the only thing they can do is blame what they don't understand. That is why this valley was lost for 70 years and our debt of gratitude to Hudson Archer and Joffrey can never be overstated. I wrote all about this in my blog looking for guest blog post if you're interested
A lot of the riot has been exagerated. Even at opening night, the second act when on with no interruptions and the ballet received multiple curtain calls. It continued it's run and did a very brief tour in London before it was shelved. In 1920 they did a revival with new choreography since Nijinsky was no longer able to work.
Rachel DeRosier hi Rachel and no I don't think you are the only one. the choreography really pushed the dancer into a terrible space I think it's eight minutes of standing still and then 149 leaps in under 5 minutes. So the libretto REALLY plays itself out through the Chosen One's fight to stay on her feet until there is no choice but to fall, yes? It is so intense. Some of The Chosen One's have written of the experience in that role. Happy to meet you!
You are a modern educated person. This woman has lived a life we can't imagine. In her mind, she is going to join the gods and, until the next spring, be worshiped as the Savior of the tribe. The concept is startling to our modern sensibilities, but Stravinsky and Nijinsky understood that they MUST present the ancient rite as it probably was, and not inject any modern ethics or morals into it. They succeeded fantastically, as evidenced by all the comments by people who are horrified and believe that the Chosen One is frightened. I do not believe that fear is there at all; only overwhelming awe and desire to become one with the spring itself, to leave mundane life and join the spirits.
I don't understand why I am and we are all being denied a clear copy of this historic performance but we are being denied! And there are other companies. What do they think they're going to do with these videos? What are they waiting for and why are they making him the decision as to whether or not we are worthy of watching this ballet in a good quality?
As another has commented, posting this (and, Joffrey Ballet, performing it!) IS a service to humanity! I'd listened to it many times, and studied it as a music theory student, but this choreography, so effectively executed, adds much dimension to an already awesome masterwork. My kids, who with me attended a fine performance of the piece tonight by the Richmond Symphony, are going to really appreciate this video!
This recording is still the single handedly most terrifying video on youtube to date. So incredible. I go back and watch it periodically cause there's simply no comparison. This is the one.
I had to sign on just to say I spent all day researching Rite of Spring and the different people and companies doing it. I really love this version (the Joffrey) the best. I came on to say how much I admiration and respect I have for Beatriz Rodriguez in the lead role. She's musical, dramatic, intense, sharp, precise, dynamic and so much more effective than the others doing the same part. Thank you, Beatriz, for putting your heart, career and soul on the line towards recreating this ballet.
I've seen several versions of the 1913.... in the one from "Riot at the Rite", I really loved the athletic ability of Zenaida Yankowsy but the sheer look of terror and just the all-around effect, I think Beatriz Rodriguez is my favorite. As a once-in-a-lifetime experience, I'll be seeing it at the Theatre Champs des Elysees next May 29th with Gergiev and the Mariinsky if all goes well.
I've watched every available performance of Nijinsky's choreography and NONE OF THEM are as precise as this premiere performance - the first since 1913. Look around. If you find the "Mystic Circle" performed with more precision I will mail you ten dollars.
What really does it for me in this performance as opposed to others is 8:13 in part 2. The way The Chosen One falls for the first time. In other performances, at least the ones I’ve seen, the fall is so much more exaggerated and in my opinion, a little over the top in a way that for some reason, kinda kills it for me. The way it’s done in this performance? That’s a girl who just tripped on a twig or rolled her ankle. That’s the honest stumble of a young girl. Other performances I’ve seen have the dancers fling themselves to the floor like a lady in a tightly-laced corset in need of a fainting couch. In some performances, she falls completely out of the circle and when she gets back up, there’s a part of me that goes “hang on, are we really to believe that nobody noticed that?” Here, she stays in the circle and she falls forward into a semi-kneeling position; not over the top, not a full body-slam to the ground a whole foot away from everyone else, just a natural-looking fall. That little touch for some reason really sells it in my opinion. It makes what happens next all the more unsettling. Just my $0.02 on it.
@@Xakarineth14 Are we talking about when she other girls choose her and push her into the circle? Which would be in video 2 ? Because Beatriz does something very unique in that part and I agree with you about the dramatic falling but where are talking about?
Beatriz was the best that we know of. She was the first to dance this role and had to rely on her own fear. When she runs to each end of the circle trying to get out....itsis perfect. She is a very nice woman who I wish I could talk to more.
I did Irish dancing for 11 years, and similar with more traditional ballet, you get so used to turning your feet out constantly. I would have gone NUTS if I had to dance an entire piece pigeon-toed. Props to the amazing dancers for keeping it the whole time! haha
MY GOD!!!! this is truly MODERN DANCE!!!!! Nijinsky was an absolutly dance visionary. the audience , in that moment coulnt see the art of this choreographer. he was very forward for that history moment
Wow, such intelligent choreography by Nijinsky. Must be pretty weird for the audience to be watching this at that time since they were hoping to see another ballet, Nijinsky is a genius, not easy to follow the music as every move is based on counting. Scary to watch but will watch it over and over because the dance is so fascinating to watch.
+Fatova Mingus Yes, l watched the video on "Riot at The Rite" starring Andrew Gracia as Nijinsky. Personally, l prefer the choreography in the film. It seems more "real" when the lead dancer keep clutching at her throat to symbolise death. I guess it appears more "real" in the film due to the many takes!!!
Every time I watch the full (3 parts of) Joffrey's "Rite" - at least 3 or 4 times a year - I have to go lie down and steady myself. The music and ballet are so utterly compelling, that it takes me a while to return to the known world. How brave of Stravinsky, to compose, from the first haunting bassoon notes to the final cacaphonic crash, a work of such iconoclastic arrhythmic terrible visionary beauty! How brave of Nijinsky, to eschew the elegant pointed toe of elite ballerinas for the group stomp and the twisted leap! And how generous of Robert Joffrey, to bring back these original gems of composition and choreography with such devotion to their wild and unapologetic authenticity; other than Joffrey, no one else should be permitted to put Sacre du Printemps on the stage! If I could ever watch this version live, I would die happy, perhaps even dance myself to death! Bless you, Fatova Mingus, for sharing this treasure with us. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ P.S. Anyone want to visit a more contemporary art piece on tribal sacrifice, I suggest reading Shirley Jackson's classic short story, "The Lottery": it takes place in a fictional American small town where they hold an annual rite, a lottery. Their lottery unquestioningly chooses a human sacrifice to be stoned to death to ensure the community's continued well being. (Familiar theme, yes?)
I love your comments and I haave heard about the book but NOW...well..I must read it. When Kenneth Archer explained the sun god Jarillo - classic. Man will save you if he gets a virgin for his troubles. I won't promote it here but I have seen this libretto taken to a traumatic space. YES Joffrey left a legacy here by rescuing Nijinsky who - I believe - left HIS legacy to the Joffrey. Thank you!! OH....when you see it live = and you will - you won't even care about the Chosen One for all the excitement of the 49 people onstage at once! Wow. I was numb with excitement!
Oh I forgot until just now when you said ‘The Lottery’ that I was in that stage play in high school. Yeah the two are very similar in theme. Thank you Dinah for your kind comment that refreshed my memory.
What a wonderful recreation of the 1913 choreography. The joy of this performance is that, if it authentically replicates the 1913 choreography, you can absolutely see why audiences of the time were so annoyed with it. But, it has its own beauty and strength. And, despite its inelegance, it's powerful and moving. Just to think - this 1987 recreation is now 30 years old!
Please message me. I have a question and want to use your comment and maybe opinion as I try to get these pages of mind-boggling affinity with Le Sacre to b-Rod herself. Beatriz!
I love that every performance I watch, there are comments reminding you that Beatriz Rodriguez did it best. And I love that watching her performance proves them all right
You know I am so happy and moved to see this comment. Because the Marinsky version is HD and in one piece not three... It is watched and commented upon so frequently but the comments are not positive. This is wonderful it's stuff like this that makes me want to send to Beatriz and I think I will
I just said this to someone earlier: The 1987 Joffrey had nothing to go by except notes and sketches. So Beatrice pulled all of that fear from within herself. It's not like she could watch a video and imitate it which is what everyone who followed her happened to do. What wear witnessing in her performance is one of the most ra w things I believe we will ever see from a ballerina.
Since I was a teenager I have been listening to The Rite of Spring. Now I'm in an orchestra and we will play it. While exciting and completely innovative, much of it was extremely difficult to play. Too bad my internet speed ruined it, but that's another matter. They did an amazing job showing some of the unique ways musical instruments can produce music. And it's all woven together, the mind of an incredible genius, perhaps the most important work of art in the 20th century.
Lovely. Seeing this performance let me better understand the piece overall. It also made me see the fantasia animated short in a completely different way.
Thank you for commenting and leaving your insight. If you can, tell me what struck you most. The other day someone write that the girls falling to the floor repeatedly was disturbing..and for the first time I saw that it was!
Well, in comparison to the disney short, the sacrifice in this performance was chosen at the same point in the music as the stegosaurus in the short was killed by the T-rex, almost as a "sacrifice" to the lizard (It seems this way because the other dinosaurs who witnessed the carnage seemed pretty fine with it, since they all carried on with their lives after the killing, as these villagers will no doubt do after the sacrifice). During the third part of the performance, where the girl is being circled by the bear-clad... shamans? Priests?, we can see that she is trying to cope with the sacrifice by playing her part, but she is noticeably scared and makes a couple of attempts to escape. I personally saw this as an expression of the girls inner turmoil and suffering due to her situation, where she should be honored to be chosen for the ritual but understandably doesn't want to die. I felt this connected somewhat back to the fantasia short where the the music from the dinosaurs dying in the desert and the following tidal cataclysms matched the points in the performance where the ceremony begins to where I think the sacrifice is dying. Overall, I didn't find this performance weird or frightening, but super intriguing with how they express and portray how ancient rituals and sacrifices felt, what they looked like, and maybe even how they sounded.
Mia...I am running out of performance video. This ballet is not filmed much! Keep checking though! Thank you for watching and please if you find any video let me know, yea?
Thank you so much U tube is so expensive I can't believe it's going from 50+ to 70+ people on a fixed income can't afford it. I have a heartfelt appreciation that you allowed me to enjoy it again multiple times. I watched all the ads, but today had trouble finding you. THANKS SO MUCH
I can see why this ballet nearly started a riot at its premiere. Rite of Spring is all over the place, nothing like any other ballet. The music is haunting and gripping, the dancing without charm or innocence. Not a ballet for ballet lovers.
because,the French found it heretical,NO BALLET,POINTED SLIPPER CRAP DANCING,THIS BROKE THE CHAIN OF FRENCH BALLET DOMINATED DANCE FOREVER,AND IT WAS SENSUAL,AND YET VIOLENT AND BARBARIC,it shocked them,the music,and the primitive dance,STRAVINSKY EXITED THRU A BATHROOM WINDOW I saw at the back of the theatre,called them "'explatives, s**t,f**ckers,ect'' on his way out,god bless him!
Daniel Chapman The audience started throwing chairs at the "pit orchestra" and a riot broke out. At least according to my Music Appreciation class at UCSB. Great piece!
This was aired live on PBS in 1989 by the Joffrey. It was the world's first view of Nijinsky's stunning 1913 choreography. For some reason, the Joffrey and PBS won't release it. It's ridiculous. They're repeating exactly what happened to this choreography in the first place.
Ooh would you mind talking about it in the comments of my video " let's talk about Le Sacre"? ua-cam.com/video/fMlgT8S0Xa4/v-deo.htmlsi=23d_-dXAdhk6l1mT
I first heard Rite of Spring in a music appreciation class at the University of Tennessee in 1957.The instructor was Prof. William Starr, who was also the concertmaster of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. He was a wonderful professor. When he played the beginning of Rite of Spring, I was electrified, feeling that I was listening to music from another planet. I still find it exciting, and this performance is simply stunning. Thank you for posting it.
When I posted this in 2009 - I was the first to do it - thats why it is in 3 installments (you couldnt post more than 10 minutes back then). I have talked with hundreds of music students who are transformed by the maestro's genius here I mean come on! This is about a pagan Russian tribe who is given energy from a sun god, the stomp it into the earth so plants/ food will grow and they sacrifice a virgin. Who must dance herself to death. THAT is one hell of a libretto. And do you know that Stravinsky didn't care so much about this piece? I am glad you commented
@@Trenton.D Hi. The story of a ballet -especially one like this - may sometimes be called a libretto. I had to learn all of this but I was lucky enough to learn from the source.
Saw "Inside the Music" video at SF Symphony performance on Sunday and some clips of this were in there so I searched. I've seen some other choreography on this piece but didn't know the original was available - it makes so much more sense than the others. Bravo! I love it.
The first time I had heard ROS was, when I was a very young child, in Fantasia. Ever since then, I was unable to listen to it without remembering the scenes that had disturbed me (it doesn't help that I have almost a pathological fear of dinosaurs lol). Listening to it to the first time while watching the ballet (in its original form no less) has definitely changed my perspective. Thank you so much for posting this!
Thank you for taking the time to upload this. This is so intense in a 5 inch wide window I can hardly imagine what it would be like from the 17th row. Or the balcony...
I conducted a recording of the Rite for my conducting final as a Music Major and loved it so that I have taught an appreciation of the piece for yrs. My students love the piece! They especially love my connecting it to their parents not "excepting" their music because it's new and different. Thrilled that the Joffrey Ballet is coming to San Antonio next spring and already purchased my tickets through presale! Can't wait to finally see it on stage!!
@doctorfuse007 You DO realize that this is the original choreography, right? They went through painstaking hard work, interviewing witnesses, looking for notes, recovering journals, etc, to find out what the original choreography was. This was a huge effort.
Dear, UA-cam...Do us all a favor and NOT take this down! Meanwhile, this is a wonderful ballet. I had watched this twice already...in one day (thank goodness, it's a short performance). Though I kind of find it interesting that people were so up and arms about it. Yeah, it's a bit creepy but sexual? Strauss's "Salome" came just a few years prior and the people deemed this work sexual? I know the 1900's were different but still...
I have no idea where that idiot in the National Art Gallery video came up with sexual. It makes me think him a perv. UA-cam can tuck it. The videos can not be taken down but they are being recoded and therefor harder to steal so get movign!
@@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n if you are in NYC the public library dance division is doing an exhibition on this ballet. I've got to get there within the next few days myself but I'm so glad you liked it and that you see the importance and depth of it
@@fatovamingus The mother of one of my best friends as a child was actually the artistic director of the Richmond Ballet in Richmond, Virginia, and so my family saw a lot of ballets when we lived there!
I have been obsessed with this ballet since Disney put it in Fantasia. As a scientist, I recognize and appreciate the flaws of the time, but the impact is unignorable. However as a dancer, I can never express the amount of love, admiration, and inspiration that this ballet leaves me with. I have coreographed this ballet countless times while I listen to it and would love to someday execute ANY of them. The original story and concept, the complexity of the orchestra, the many interpretations that have been done, the origin of modern dance, the origin of heavy metal, and the interpretation of ancient societies based off of simple cave paintings (that support that humans have always been passionate)...how could anyone deny the beauty, importance, and impact of Le Sacre du Printemps?♥️🌺
Thank you so much for posting these videos. I have studied this piece musically for a long time, beginning in undergrad and then grad school as a composer at NEC. I have never seen the ballet and coming across this version recreating the orig choreography I am blown away. Looking forward to watching it many more times. Thank you!
I adored seeing this reconstruction and also enjoyed the UMASS performance (The whole evening including the contemporary pieces). Amazing and also to think of the other innovations in modern dance of the time. I was surprised however as my long term experience of the music is of more 'unconstrained' passion, and this was so stylized. Yet it is also so intense. Loved the buildup in repetition and gesture. Fascinating, thanks for posting this.
Bringing this back is incredible. I watched these videos when I was starting college as a vocal performance major, I am a junior now and always come back to watch again and again! I had known the music from The Rite of Spring my entire life, thanks to Disney's Fantasia. I also has a rough idea of the story but wanted to see it. I'm so glad this was here do I could see everything in context!!
She had nothing to go by but notes of this very important live debut of the long lost Nijinsky. She just got down into it. She will always be the best.
@@Dimivim I love reading that and everyone has a different feeling over the end and each feeling is right! Yes there is the story of a pagan Russia and the Sun God but it's the emotion that the chosen one evokes that really makes the story complete for all of us. Beatriz Rodriguez is the chosen one that draws those feelings out of us.
@@fatovamingus I am happy to hear about that! I will be conducting an excerpt from this masterpiece in NewYork Auditions for Master Degree in 2 weeks from now.
@@Dimivim that's fantastic congratulations I don't know what spot but I hope that it is from the First Act dancing out of the earth is good. Maybe you know Quinn Mason he's a friend of mine on the young composer who's done quite well. Actually very well but good luck and please let me know when this is going to happen
Hence the riot. To be fair, I'll gladly admit that though I've got the educational and historical background to be able to sit and watch this on my computer without yelling and throwing food at the screen (one-man riot!), this choreography still disturbs me - the sense of the unknown is still there. In some respects I'm glad I'm not a dancer so I can see this as an outsider. As a composer I don't much get the chance to do that with music. By the way, thanks for posting. Amazing performance.
I just had to come back and watch this again, it never fails to be haunting and utterly breathtaking. I'm hoping to see one of the original 1913 costumes in person at the V&A in London next week, and I'm already beside myself with excitement!
Oh please contact Kenneth Archer, the man who spent 15 years finding these costumes and sets. Their webstire HodsonArcher gives his email kennethagarcher@mac.com
@@fatovamingus Sadly the theatre department of the V&A was shut when I went to London, but hopefully next year! I'm determined to see those costumes eventually :D
I just watched three other productions of this choreography back-to-back with this one: there's no competition, Beatriz Rodriguez is the ultimate Chosen One. The frozen terror, the wide-eyed quivering, the adrenaline-fueled panicked leaps -- she's dancing for her life. A magnificent performance, she makes all the others look like pampered ballerinas just going through the motions.
I'm going to pin this comment to the top. You know that this ballet of the Joffrey had to be pulled from their own guts. There was no video to watch there was nothing but notes from Nijinsky's assistant some scratchings and Stravinsky's margins and 15 years of meticulous research. But when it came to the stage all of those dancers had to pull from within their own fear and Beatriz Rodriguez IS it.
Absolutely accurate!
Completely agree. This is raw; other performances seem polite and self-conscious by comparison. The rite is brutal and merciless and the dancing should convey that. Any dancer not willing to totally sacrifice themselves to this score would be better off sticking with Coppelia.
I could not agree more. Thanks
@@pttk9491 herre is my photo collection of all the dancers
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When it's the 4 AM and you heard that this was the edgiest shit in 1913 so you watch it but then you can't sleep because it was at least 15X creepier than expected.
Lee loftin i love you
That's exactly what I did last night! XD I feel wrecked today because I'm exhausted after watching this when I should have been in bed, got thoroughly freaked out and had to stay up watching mindless BuzzFeed videos until I finally felt like I could sleep!
Have some respect for pure genius.
I can’t stop thinking about this performance; it stays with you. So unnerving
---You will grow to appreciate the work and yourself better if you choose to, and one day no longer seeing it as creepy but as revelatory...
the final dance is meant to be disturbing since you're watching someone dying in front of you, and they nailed it. absolutely nailed it
Yup. The Joffrey Ballet OWNS Le Sacre du Printemps.
"Honey, I'm taking you to the ballet in Paris! You'll finally get to hear some of the music you love the most! It will be a grand old time!"
I would marry this hypotetical person
It may be obvious, but I adore the Chosen One's wide-eyed stare. She's terrified, in her prime, and ideally not wishing to die. Yet as her role suggests, she has no other choice. Also, when she begins to dance, and I could be wrong, it looks like she's trying to escape at some points, like she wants to desperately leave, yet is trapped with several eyes watching her. And ultimately, she has to accept her fate in giving herself up for the good of her people, at least in her mind.
You are absolutely right. The choreography is such that she is fighting. For 5 minutes. The thing about Beatriz Rodriguez: the FIRST Chosen One in our lifetime - is her fear! Also her mouth is open in places implying a scream. Love it,
I keep wondering why her arms are always motioning to the right? the way she looks like she's desperately thinking with her head resting on her hand in the air always holds my attention.
Funny how you can have different takes on things. To me, that wide-eyed stare is one of the loss of herself and soul and is like a zombie. This is the function of ritual dances still practices around the world by shaman of many kinds. She is not trying to escape her fate: she is attempting to contact the next world thought the dance, and has already begun to enter it, until, finally, she leaves this world entirely.
It occurs to me every once in a while that The Chosen One stands in that awkward position, perfectly still for over five minutes before launching into a frenzy of athleticism for the next five. It doesn't surprise me that this role is beyond the scope of most dancers. I'll be seeing this live in March. Everything feels like it's about March now...
Damn that's brutal. First one to make a mistake in the dance, chosen to die. The other girls seem to dance not only for the ritual but also because they know they're alive now at least for another year. The girl who is chosen to die has probably done this dance many times before and can't believe she was finally the one. She's scared and wants to get out, but can't. She's trapped. She despairs but then embraces the dance, driven by the weight of this ancient ritual. Old men stare at her perform the dance, just waiting for her death, seeming almost aroused. And when she dies they probably return to their normal lives (in old pagan Russia). So creepy to think yourself in the place of the girl. Living your place in the middle of nowhere, seeing the beauty of the land, then made to sacrifice yourself for centuries old beliefs.
Antliamies that is a wicked grasp on the libretto. it's right on the money and I think it is Stravinsky score that hammers the whole thing Into Darkness
Brilliantly summed up! This ballet is so brutal,jarring and disturbing and wonderful. No wonder it freaked everyone the fuk out when it premiered. Thanks to Joffery for bring this back to life. I've never seen anything like "The Rite" and don't think we ever will. Creepy and beautiful
I am going to share your comment in a collection of reactions to Le Sacre is that ok? They range from "that dude at minute 4 is gay" to what you wrote. If that person got to MINUTE 4...well...I can't put him down for being narrow in thought cuz he might be coming out of it.
Fatova Mingus I'd be honored if you used anything I posted on here. Thankyou so much for putting it on UA-cam for us. Amazing how this ballet doesn't seem dated at all. So ahead of its time. People are always drawn to the macabre and this ballet exemplifies that perfectly. A glimpse into our not so distant "uncilized past" and again thankyou
NO no no..thank you! I still can't believe the draw to this (these) videos. Someone made a comment 2 years ago then recently made a different one, an appreciative one. I am blessed to have so many people to share this with!
Listening only to the music of the Rite of Spring is way less scary than watching it with the choreography.
Wyatt Wahlgren actually this ballet the Rite of Spring is about a tribal girl who dances to death starting with the ritual on the advent of spring then a second part continues to where she stands in the center waiting to dance to her death and finally coming into the final ritual, she dances and altogether the tribe dances and she keeps dancing until she has fallen into her death.
Ikr the soundtracks to pretty much any horror and action movie have most likely taken inspiration from this ballet, whether or not they are aware. Stravinsky truly pushed the limits of classical arrangement, and even jazz. Listening to The Rite of Spring without context allows the listener to interpret the situation based on how it makes them feel, whether it be a slasher chase scene or a Batman fight.
@@sohaaijaz8227 I'm sorry for the late response. I wasn't aware of your reply.
That was my point though. It's scary to think of a society where you are obligated to dance yourself to death (yes, I know that this didn't actually happen in Pagan Russia, but the point remains). When I wrote this comment, I was afraid of death. This Ballet scared me. Now, I have no fear of death.
For me (I’m admittedly a bit biased as it really, truly horrified me) the music is the mist terrifying part. Adding humans to the mix tones it down.
This is by far the best version of the rite of spring I have seen. They captured her fear perfectly and this is much creepier than any horror film I have ever seen
Everyone has been freaked out by "B-Rod"From the minute they push her into the circle and she looks at them right in the face - she looks at each dancer as if to say "what the hell" to the madness descent with her mouth wide open and her face just expressing all of it, she just let go. And she had to she had never seen the ballet she had to just do what she thought it would be about. She's also a very lovely person
That moment at 8:37 when Rodriguez turns her head slowly and the light just catches the haunted look in her eyes - it sends chills down my spine.
Imagine being used to folk music concerts and going to one and it ends up being heavy metal. That's how drastically different this was from anything that had ever been done at the time.
Not just a folk music concert - it was a ballet, so even more extreme of a difference! Imagine wanting to go to the ballet, with its beauty and grace and classical music accompaniment and you get loud, dissonant music with dancers stomping around pigeon-toed! Crazy stuff.
People probably saw the word "spring" in the title and thought, "How nice...pastoral scenes, flowers, wood nymphs..." and what they got was a harsh, brutal scene of prehistoric life culminating in a human sacrifice.
From what I understand it wasn't that everybody hated it, it was the fact that it was so polarizing of a piece that half the audience were angry about the ballet and the other half were angry at the people that were yelling over the orchestra. That is why there were honest-to-god fist fights breaking out in the audience.
Gunfights
And it was HOT
To add to that: A lot of classical musicians think Stravinsky's music started the riot. But keep in mind that most of these people had already heard Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Pierrot Lunaire.
It was really Nijinsky's choreography that started the riot. People were used to seeing - as Drahthaar422 says - "pink tutus," for lack of a more encompassing term. The jerky, unsettling, cold dancing and the emotional removal from the audience was upsetting and disturbing to many.
Yes, both music and choreography were revolutionary.
The part where the men in the bearskins dance around her is legitimately frightening.
Bewilderbeastie yes! I know!
please keep commenting!
i love that part! "Ritual Actions of the Ancestors" is what its called. at 1:06
its like a fever dream or something
its like a fever dream or something
She stays in place, literally paralyzed in fear, for almost five minutes, then when she starts dancing, the legs shaking and the tries of running. I always have a hard time since I can't seem to look away from her (my english sucks, sorry).
I understood exactly what you meant she is trapped. and she does try to escape and she does find exhaustion and she does Panic again and again and then finally gives up. what I love about talking here is how much we learn. there was a kid who said “I think she grabs onto her leg because she wants them to stop dancing” . that's awesome
God bless Joffrey Ballet for this breathtaking gift to the world. Nijinsky would cry watching it.
That was the most amazing thing ever. Terrifying but you can't stop watching
+Blanca Diaz Terrifying is a good description. Touching and terrifying--desperation. Ancient peoples actually did things like this. She was magnificent.
+Fatova Mingus Thanks. Riveting. The part that gets me every time is the stiff legged move when she's failing and pounding the fist on the floor. Lots of energy in this performance, however in the Joffrey above, I like the knee shaking that she does. I noticed that the other performer didn't do that move. I think it adds a lot. Both are good though. For the ensemble, what really makes it effective at the very end is how fast they can move in and lift her in perfect timing with the music. A sharp performance will have that sound implying the snap of the neck. Stravinsky wanted raw human drama and emotion and he sure got it. Nijinsky gave the perfect visual equivalent. I'm noticing an increasing interest in this particular work and that's good. I'm trying to spread the word on it. There is so much brain-dead crap blanketing the public every day, that I think more people are beginning to seek out things like this. Even though the subject here is terrifying, it's part of human experience and wakes people up, so it's good.
+B Davis The shaking thing? Best done by Daria Pavlenko which is posted as Le Sacre du Printemps Mariinsky 2013 (2 of 2). You can skip to the end. She does this weird thing where she stops shaking then slams back into it. Its very cool...Beatriz Rodriguez still gets all props. All props.
+B Davis Stravinsky did not like Nijinsky. He wasn't in love with the choreography but he didn't hate it. There is a great clip of Stravinsky talking about the first time he played this for Diaghilev (the ballet company's owner). It's hilarious. ua-cam.com/video/3vwq1AyYGzo/v-deo.html
Well...I have been doing a lot of work on this ballet and I have failed to point out that the Joffrey as an ensemble will never be topped. Every other company is lazy not invested at all. But...the Joffrey Ballet has the "Nijinsky Inheritance"...I hope you still watch!
The music and choreography are sublime, but what also amazes me is that these are dancers who would have trained all their lives to perform perfect variations en pointe, only to then get asked to jump around the stage with their toes turned in...must have been an uncomfortable experience for them at first...
wow there is a great doc on just this on my "Le Sacre du Printemps" channel by the JOffrey dancers, Millicent Hodson, artistic director etc. THey had to really "unlearn" ballet. Imagine the Russian Imperial dancers try to do this in 1913?
Evie Rae 美人だね‼️元気かな❓Ravishing and luscious ❗ Vigorous❓
It’s not choreography it’s a ballet
I’m curious: why do you think the music is sublime?
@@princessdi702 it's Stravinsky. It's great. I meant sublime in a general positive sense, as opposed to its specific philosophical definition...I was about 17 when I wrote this comment haha
You can see the look of complete petrified fear in the chosen girl’s eyes
Olivia Laudermilch Beatriz Rodriguez is the first Chosen One since 1913 and she nailed it period for you to catch that fear in her eyes is her Legacy really
Primal, menacing, anxiety-producing. So good.
YES! Anxiety producing.
There is something inherent in the Joffey's ability to interpret both Stravinsky and Nijinsky. All these years since their debut, they still possess something I have failed to see another company hear/see/feel/breathe. God bless Robert Joffrey.
I'm a huge fan of horror movies and this is one of the creepiest, most unsettling things I've ever seen. Especially because you know it is something that was and still is practiced throughout human history :/
so many music students come here by force as they study Stravinsky...and they all come away creeped out.
Yes and no. Human sacrifice yes, dancing yourself to death is pretty much impossible. You would pass out long before. And that occurs to me every time I see an interpretation of this scene, or for that matter Bolero.
Shi ma?
This entire performance gave me chills but I was hypnotized by the performance I couldn’t stop watching.
Yes! I was transfixed when I first saw this video. Once I started learning what it was about and how they chose her as the sacrifice it got even weirder. And more beautiful and breathtaking and historical and we almost never saw this can you imagine? 70 years lost thank God it was found but we never would have known about nijinsky
The way they keep on falling on their faces over and over again is so disturbing
It IS....it IS! And no one has really brought that up before. I wonder where Nijinsky got this concept..or Roerich who wrote the libretto based on the whole Pagan Russia thing. Watching it again now...yes. Disturbing. Thank you!
They seem like they are prostrating themselves before some invisible god, over and over. And they are basically throwing themselves to the floor violently, like this entire ritual is meant to hurt, like their pain is also being sacrificed and the girl is the final piece of pain and terror to appease a hungry deity.
@@RivkahSong That's a interesting take. I always thought it was them jeering at the chosen one.
They're invocating the ancestors (bearskin men) by simulating death (laying down) on earth (the place where we are buried/laid)
@@fatovamingus I know that Stravinski worked with an expert on Russian Folk art and ritual at the time
I'm so glad I found this. Other than in heavy metal I can't seem to find anything as well written with the purpose to be emotionally extreme and intense. So primitive yet so technical and methodical.
Tommie Thrash see THIS is why i love having these videos. comments like yours. Zappa wrote a lot of music around The Rite of Spring. thank you for your comment!
Tommie Thrash I snapped your comment and posted it on Facebook because it truly explains the living breath of this ballet
@Fatova Mingus And the villain theme 'One Winged Angel' from Final Fantasy VII was inspired by this ballet's music, and the composer spoke of how this was like metal, but for orchestra. (Tommie Thrash and the composer said it better.)
I'm trying to comprehend how Stravinsky's mind even conceived this in 1913. I can't. His daring was amazing. So was his dedication to it. Took a while for the public to realize what a layered, raw and passionate masterpiece it is. It really gets into you. It may not be exactly "hummable", but it is follow-able. That's how it gets into you. I like to think of it as the heavy-metal, the Metallica of 1913. Speaking of which, many heavy-metal players have some classical training and the better metal bands like Metallica feature very layered and complex rhythms.
You know they just found a piece of his called "Funeral Song" written for his mentor Rimsky Korsakov and it was a strong indicator of where he would head. He changed the direction of music forever with The Rite and explains (in one of my videos in the "stravinsky" channel that he didn't write it: he was the vessel through which it came". Huh! Raw, layered like you said and YES he was an enormous influence from 1920 on...all the way to Frank Zappa and Metallica and...you and me. God bless Igor Stravinsky. If you want to hear a beautiful 2 minute piece...it makes me cry it is so pretty and deep...ua-cam.com/video/fQjmTwL2T28/v-deo.html I made a little video collection to it.
In my opinion, this is the best version of Rite of Spring.
Well this is the magic of Le Sacre du printemps. It's Nijinsk’s Masterpiece . I think it was nearly lost forever. it might be dramatic but feel that it was his ghost that restlessly waited for Robert Joffrey . Mr. Joffrey recovered this ballet and died shortly after it but I think that the inheritance of this ballet was left to the Joffrey. And Nijinsky was set free.
The rhythmic drive and precision of this performance are stunning. The stamps from the stage build upon the orchestral sounds, and invest these imaginings of the distant past with an amplified and terrible vitality. Great to experience this reprise of the riotous original version.
+Carl Willis I like this review. If you watch any other performance..ANY...you will not see another company as invested in Stravinsky as this 1989 troupe. They were THE first to perform it since 1913. Everything is in synch. There is no waiting for a musical clue for the next step. It is an effort like none I have seen.
I can't tell if I am in love with this piece, or if I am very afraid. Either way, I can't stop watching.
Both. Both is good
Unbeleivable fine art, both ballet and music were well ahead of their time and still are to some "Swan Lovers" today
A masterpiece 🤩🤩
Indeed. Unmatched.
Absolutely the most amazing performance of this solo that I've ever seen.
Yes indeed. It was the first one and so she had to perform this going off of notes from the story and pull from her own personal story to perform. She is a lovely woman a very well-liked and clearly a gutsy dancer
I just recently discovered this ballet. I have always loved the music since I heard it in Disney's Fantasia when I was a kid. And now, seeing the ballet, I am completely captivated by the story and the performances! So unique, off-putting, unsettling and hypnotizing all at the same time!
This caused a riot in 1913 on May 29th because patrons of the arts in Paris couldn't stretch themselves to see the story ballet and the music. It was performed nine times in Nijinski did not work again after this. It is a miracle that this ballet was recovered and isn't it scary as hell??!!
The Joffrey version is without a doubt, my favorite version of Le sacre du printemps! The Marinsky is awesome, but this version shows so much more emotion. The close spacing makes the Sacrifice part even more terrifying when she is surrounded by the elders, and they get in her face. I enjoy how precisely on the beat the Joffrey ballet performs- it actually feels like a ritual being performed, something they are familiar with, until it reaches sunset, when the reality of pending death sinks in, and they erupt into chaos. The part where the girls turn on the chosen one shows how vicious and brutal they are. Mocking and laughing at her, celebrating that they will live and she will die. Yet, when the elders enter, they suddenly worship her and pound the ground- almost as if they realized what was about to happen to her, and how close they came to being in her spot.
Every time I watch and listen to it, I learn something new, and it is so fascinating. Thanks for uploading it!
Man this is it right here what you just wrote. And the Joffrey was given the inheritance of the ballet by Vaslav Nijinsky and I truly believe that. Would you be interested in writing a post for my blog ? fatovamingus@gmail.com
@@fatovamingus Feel free to use anything that I wrote for your blog, no need to credit me :) I would write a post for you, but I am pretty busy with family lately.
@@scyllamonster9816 I will
This is the Rite. I just noticed today all the original creators were credited in the beginning. I love that.
The ballet dancers are INCREDIBLE. I just wish the orchestra was up to par. If we could somehow marry this dancing with Yoel Levi and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's music, it'd be heaven. I just think the "Glorification de l'Élue" and the "Danse Sacrale l'Élue" need to be a little faster to really give off the panic of the chosen one and the euphoria of everyone else at her expense.
Had to come back for another look! I appreciate this more each time,I love the dark,the fear,the human feet pounding...just Wow.And Fatova its generous people like you who take the time to share these bits of brilliance with others,I find humbling. Watching the "Rite" is almost like seeing a horrible car crash and its aftermath. You Just Cant Stop Looking.
This makes me SO HAPPY~ I am going to post a little "what do you think of a documentary" video tonite!
we have talked about this before and just now I thought of the term "rubber necking!
It is disturbing event has passed more than 100 years from premiere... really a revolutionary piece of art.
It is still viewed today and called revolutionary! I love it.
i love this ballet because it completely defied the norms of the time and made rich people riot. i also love the irony of the self-proclaimed “posh and civilized” audience calling the dancers and musicians savages, when it is they who started riots over this, and the performers who remained composed and let the show go on.
Boom boom boom. I love when the self entitled arrogant parisians whether it be then or now - find themselves in such a box of narrow-mindedness that the only thing they can do is blame what they don't understand. That is why this valley was lost for 70 years and our debt of gratitude to Hudson Archer and Joffrey can never be overstated. I wrote all about this in my blog looking for guest blog post if you're interested
A lot of the riot has been exagerated. Even at opening night, the second act when on with no interruptions and the ballet received multiple curtain calls. It continued it's run and did a very brief tour in London before it was shelved. In 1920 they did a revival with new choreography since Nijinsky was no longer able to work.
Am I the only one who's saddened by this poor woman's sacrifice?
Rachel DeRosier hi Rachel and no I don't think you are the only one. the choreography really pushed the dancer into a terrible space I think it's eight minutes of standing still and then 149 leaps in under 5 minutes. So the libretto REALLY plays itself out through the Chosen One's fight to stay on her feet until there is no choice but to fall, yes? It is so intense. Some of The Chosen One's have written of the experience in that role. Happy to meet you!
You too, and thank you! Best of luck on your documentary! :)
You are a modern educated person. This woman has lived a life we can't imagine. In her mind, she is going to join the gods and, until the next spring, be worshiped as the Savior of the tribe. The concept is startling to our modern sensibilities, but Stravinsky and Nijinsky understood that they MUST present the ancient rite as it probably was, and not inject any modern ethics or morals into it. They succeeded fantastically, as evidenced by all the comments by people who are horrified and believe that the Chosen One is frightened. I do not believe that fear is there at all; only overwhelming awe and desire to become one with the spring itself, to leave mundane life and join the spirits.
@@ThePapasmurf1946 True, but it's still hard to look at.
Amazing quality--Like a front row seat. Watch all 3 segments for a nite at the Ballet! Thanx to all who put this on!
As a Chicago native, I can confidentially say that The Joffrey Ballet is one of Chicago's greatest treasures
I don't understand why I am and we are all being denied a clear copy of this historic performance but we are being denied! And there are other companies. What do they think they're going to do with these videos? What are they waiting for and why are they making him the decision as to whether or not we are worthy of watching this ballet in a good quality?
As another has commented, posting this (and, Joffrey Ballet, performing it!) IS a service to humanity! I'd listened to it many times, and studied it as a music theory student, but this choreography, so effectively executed, adds much dimension to an already awesome masterwork. My kids, who with me attended a fine performance of the piece tonight by the Richmond Symphony, are going to really appreciate this video!
This recording is still the single handedly most terrifying video on youtube to date. So incredible. I go back and watch it periodically cause there's simply no comparison. This is the one.
I had to sign on just to say I spent all day researching Rite of Spring and the different people and companies doing it. I really love this version (the Joffrey) the best. I came on to say how much I admiration and respect I have for Beatriz Rodriguez in the lead role. She's musical, dramatic, intense, sharp, precise, dynamic and so much more effective than the others doing the same part. Thank you, Beatriz, for putting your heart, career and soul on the line towards recreating this ballet.
I've seen several versions of the 1913.... in the one from "Riot at the Rite", I really loved the athletic ability of Zenaida Yankowsy but the sheer look of terror and just the all-around effect, I think Beatriz Rodriguez is my favorite. As a once-in-a-lifetime experience, I'll be seeing it at the Theatre Champs des Elysees next May 29th with Gergiev and the Mariinsky if all goes well.
I've watched every available performance of Nijinsky's choreography and NONE OF THEM are as precise as this premiere performance - the first since 1913. Look around. If you find the "Mystic Circle" performed with more precision I will mail you ten dollars.
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Thank you for posting this!
What really does it for me in this performance as opposed to others is 8:13 in part 2. The way The Chosen One falls for the first time. In other performances, at least the ones I’ve seen, the fall is so much more exaggerated and in my opinion, a little over the top in a way that for some reason, kinda kills it for me. The way it’s done in this performance? That’s a girl who just tripped on a twig or rolled her ankle. That’s the honest stumble of a young girl. Other performances I’ve seen have the dancers fling themselves to the floor like a lady in a tightly-laced corset in need of a fainting couch. In some performances, she falls completely out of the circle and when she gets back up, there’s a part of me that goes “hang on, are we really to believe that nobody noticed that?” Here, she stays in the circle and she falls forward into a semi-kneeling position; not over the top, not a full body-slam to the ground a whole foot away from everyone else, just a natural-looking fall. That little touch for some reason really sells it in my opinion. It makes what happens next all the more unsettling. Just my $0.02 on it.
@@Xakarineth14 Are we talking about when she other girls choose her and push her into the circle? Which would be in video 2 ? Because Beatriz does something very unique in that part and I agree with you about the dramatic falling but where are talking about?
@@Xakarineth14 ua-cam.com/video/dsEkPdK8FVw/v-deo.html 15:48 (its the full performance) look at what Beatriz does. I'll met you over there
Anybody else's eyes tear up?
+B Davis YES. When you know the story...that in the last 5 minutes the Chosen One is dancing herself to death...
yep
Finally, a Chosen One who is also a good actress. The audience must see the complete fear in her eyes.
Beatriz was the best that we know of. She was the first to dance this role and had to rely on her own fear. When she runs to each end of the circle trying to get out....itsis perfect. She is a very nice woman who I wish I could talk to more.
This is an amazing performance! We need to get the original master tape digitally remastered and released on DVD.
So happy I stuck around and watched all three parts. Joffrey Ballet truly put on an incredible performance.
I did Irish dancing for 11 years, and similar with more traditional ballet, you get so used to turning your feet out constantly. I would have gone NUTS if I had to dance an entire piece pigeon-toed. Props to the amazing dancers for keeping it the whole time! haha
MY GOD!!!! this is truly MODERN DANCE!!!!! Nijinsky was an absolutly dance visionary. the audience , in that moment coulnt see the art of this choreographer. he was very forward for that history moment
Wow, such intelligent choreography by Nijinsky. Must be pretty weird for the audience to be watching this at that time since they were hoping to see another ballet, Nijinsky is a genius, not easy to follow the music as every move is based on counting. Scary to watch but will watch it over and over because the dance is so fascinating to watch.
It absolutely is. Stravinsky explains "the riot" in a little film, It's under my playlist "Stravinsky"
+Fatova Mingus Yes, l watched the video on "Riot at The Rite" starring Andrew Gracia as Nijinsky. Personally, l prefer the choreography in the film. It seems more "real" when the lead dancer keep clutching at her throat to symbolise death. I guess it appears more "real" in the film due to the many takes!!!
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Every time I watch the full (3 parts of) Joffrey's "Rite" - at least 3 or 4 times a year - I have to go lie down and steady myself. The music and ballet are so utterly compelling, that it takes me a while to return to the known world. How brave of Stravinsky, to compose, from the first haunting bassoon notes to the final cacaphonic crash, a work of such iconoclastic arrhythmic terrible visionary beauty! How brave of Nijinsky, to eschew the elegant pointed toe of elite ballerinas for the group stomp and the twisted leap! And how generous of Robert Joffrey, to bring back these original gems of composition and choreography with such devotion to their wild and unapologetic authenticity; other than Joffrey, no one else should be permitted to put Sacre du Printemps on the stage! If I could ever watch this version live, I would die happy, perhaps even dance myself to death! Bless you, Fatova Mingus, for sharing this treasure with us. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
P.S. Anyone want to visit a more contemporary art piece on tribal sacrifice, I suggest reading Shirley Jackson's classic short story, "The Lottery": it takes place in a fictional American small town where they hold an annual rite, a lottery. Their lottery unquestioningly chooses a human sacrifice to be stoned to death to ensure the community's continued well being. (Familiar theme, yes?)
I love your comments and I haave heard about the book but NOW...well..I must read it. When Kenneth Archer explained the sun god Jarillo - classic. Man will save you if he gets a virgin for his troubles. I won't promote it here but I have seen this libretto taken to a traumatic space. YES Joffrey left a legacy here by rescuing Nijinsky who - I believe - left HIS legacy to the Joffrey. Thank you!!
OH....when you see it live = and you will - you won't even care about the Chosen One for all the excitement of the 49 people onstage at once! Wow. I was numb with excitement!
Oh I forgot until just now when you said ‘The Lottery’ that I was in that stage play in high school. Yeah the two are very similar in theme. Thank you Dinah for your kind comment that refreshed my memory.
What a wonderful recreation of the 1913 choreography. The joy of this performance is that, if it authentically replicates the 1913 choreography, you can absolutely see why audiences of the time were so annoyed with it. But, it has its own beauty and strength. And, despite its inelegance, it's powerful and moving. Just to think - this 1987 recreation is now 30 years old!
It's funny you say these things. I just wrote on it yesterday.
Please message me. I have a question and want to use your comment and maybe opinion as I try to get these pages of mind-boggling affinity with Le Sacre to b-Rod herself. Beatriz!
I love that every performance I watch, there are comments reminding you that Beatriz Rodriguez did it best. And I love that watching her performance proves them all right
You know I am so happy and moved to see this comment. Because the Marinsky version is HD and in one piece not three... It is watched and commented upon so frequently but the comments are not positive. This is wonderful it's stuff like this that makes me want to send to Beatriz and I think I will
Thank you for sharing this. What a work of art!
It truly is!I hope you have a chance to watch the rest! ua-cam.com/video/jF1OQkHybEQ/v-deo.html
Beatriz Rodriguez, her facial expressions are superb !
I just said this to someone earlier: The 1987 Joffrey had nothing to go by except notes and sketches. So Beatrice pulled all of that fear from within herself. It's not like she could watch a video and imitate it which is what everyone who followed her happened to do. What wear witnessing in her performance is one of the most ra w things I believe we will ever see from a ballerina.
Since I was a teenager I have been listening to The Rite of Spring. Now I'm in an orchestra
and we will play it. While exciting and completely innovative, much of it was extremely difficult
to play. Too bad my internet speed ruined it, but that's another matter. They did an amazing
job showing some of the unique ways musical instruments can produce music. And it's all woven together, the mind of an incredible genius, perhaps the most important work of art
in the 20th century.
Lovely. Seeing this performance let me better understand the piece overall. It also made me see the fantasia animated short in a completely different way.
Thank you for commenting and leaving your insight. If you can, tell me what struck you most. The other day someone write that the girls falling to the floor repeatedly was disturbing..and for the first time I saw that it was!
Well, in comparison to the disney short, the sacrifice in this performance was chosen at the same point in the music as the stegosaurus in the short was killed by the T-rex, almost as a "sacrifice" to the lizard (It seems this way because the other dinosaurs who witnessed the carnage seemed pretty fine with it, since they all carried on with their lives after the killing, as these villagers will no doubt do after the sacrifice). During the third part of the performance, where the girl is being circled by the bear-clad... shamans? Priests?, we can see that she is trying to cope with the sacrifice by playing her part, but she is noticeably scared and makes a couple of attempts to escape. I personally saw this as an expression of the girls inner turmoil and suffering due to her situation, where she should be honored to be chosen for the ritual but understandably doesn't want to die. I felt this connected somewhat back to the fantasia short where the the music from the dinosaurs dying in the desert and the following tidal cataclysms matched the points in the performance where the ceremony begins to where I think the sacrifice is dying.
Overall, I didn't find this performance weird or frightening, but super intriguing with how they express and portray how ancient rituals and sacrifices felt, what they looked like, and maybe even how they sounded.
THANK YOU...this is so insightful. I wish to post an ecerpt on my Facebook page...may i?
But of course. As long as my contribution is properly recognized, I'm happy to have been of assistance.
Only some of you are still reachable to obtain such info!
Fatova, your UA-cam channel is amazing, thank you so very much !!!
Mia...I am running out of performance video. This ballet is not filmed much! Keep checking though! Thank you for watching and please if you find any video let me know, yea?
Thank you so much U tube is so expensive I can't believe it's going from 50+ to 70+ people on a fixed income can't afford it. I have a heartfelt appreciation that you allowed me to enjoy it again multiple times. I watched all the ads, but today had trouble finding you. THANKS SO MUCH
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This is impeccable. So beautiful.
I agree
I can see why this ballet nearly started a riot at its premiere. Rite of Spring is all over the place, nothing like any other ballet.
The music is haunting and gripping, the dancing without charm or innocence. Not a ballet for ballet lovers.
because,the French found it heretical,NO BALLET,POINTED SLIPPER CRAP DANCING,THIS BROKE THE CHAIN OF FRENCH BALLET DOMINATED DANCE FOREVER,AND IT WAS SENSUAL,AND YET VIOLENT AND BARBARIC,it shocked them,the music,and the primitive dance,STRAVINSKY EXITED THRU A BATHROOM WINDOW I saw at the back of the theatre,called them "'explatives, s**t,f**ckers,ect'' on his way out,god bless him!
***** I wasn't there. :P But I don't think so, you'd have to research it further to be sure.
Daniel Chapman The audience started throwing chairs at the "pit orchestra" and a riot broke out. At least according to my Music Appreciation class at UCSB. Great piece!
he's pretty close
Beatriz Rodriguez scarred me for life
scarred for life - that's a top comment. did you see her dance? or from knowing this video? I met a guy here who's mom danced in this company.
This was aired live on PBS in 1989 by the Joffrey. It was the world's first view of Nijinsky's stunning 1913 choreography. For some reason, the Joffrey and PBS won't release it. It's ridiculous. They're repeating exactly what happened to this choreography in the first place.
Occasionally during the sacrificial dance it looked liked the chosen one was trying to escape.
Yes exactly at 4:55 or so!
My favorite, this is absolutely perfect
Laisa Ferreira I feel like the scariest music in The Rite of Spring is the Mystic Circle
What a great exercise routine!! Zumba's got nothin on that
Loved this I saw it in 1987 in Los Angeles the costumes and background by Nicholas Roerich music and performance by Joffrey Ballet
Ooh would you mind talking about it in the comments of my video " let's talk about Le Sacre"? ua-cam.com/video/fMlgT8S0Xa4/v-deo.htmlsi=23d_-dXAdhk6l1mT
I first heard Rite of Spring in a music appreciation class at the University of Tennessee in 1957.The instructor was Prof. William Starr, who was also the concertmaster of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. He was a wonderful professor. When he played
the beginning of Rite of Spring, I was electrified, feeling that I was listening to music from another planet. I still find it exciting, and this performance is simply stunning. Thank you for posting it.
When I posted this in 2009 - I was the first to do it - thats why it is in 3 installments (you couldnt post more than 10 minutes back then). I have talked with hundreds of music students who are transformed by the maestro's genius here I mean come on! This is about a pagan Russian tribe who is given energy from a sun god, the stomp it into the earth so plants/ food will grow and they sacrifice a virgin. Who must dance herself to death. THAT is one hell of a libretto. And do you know that Stravinsky didn't care so much about this piece? I am glad you commented
@@fatovamingus Not libretto, you mean PLOT. Libretto is the text of a vocal work such as an opera. :)
@@Trenton.D Hi. The story of a ballet -especially one like this - may sometimes be called a libretto. I had to learn all of this but I was lucky enough to learn from the source.
Saw "Inside the Music" video at SF Symphony performance on Sunday and some clips of this were in there so I searched. I've seen some other choreography on this piece but didn't know the original was available - it makes so much more sense than the others. Bravo! I love it.
I can;t even bear to watch the other choreography
The first time I had heard ROS was, when I was a very young child, in Fantasia. Ever since then, I was unable to listen to it without remembering the scenes that had disturbed me (it doesn't help that I have almost a pathological fear of dinosaurs lol). Listening to it to the first time while watching the ballet (in its original form no less) has definitely changed my perspective. Thank you so much for posting this!
0:31 Seeing the Tyrannosaurus Rex killing the Stegosaurus.
Cardio for daysss! haha
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This is very enjoyable. Thanks for posting this.
Thank you for taking the time to upload this. This is so intense in a 5 inch wide window I can hardly imagine what it would be like from the 17th row. Or the balcony...
I conducted a recording of the Rite for my conducting final as a Music Major and loved it so that I have taught an appreciation of the piece for yrs. My students love the piece! They especially love my connecting it to their parents not "excepting" their music because it's new and different. Thrilled that the Joffrey Ballet is coming to San Antonio next spring and already purchased my tickets through presale! Can't wait to finally see it on stage!!
Wonderful and frightening, the music and choreography go together very well.
@doctorfuse007
You DO realize that this is the original choreography, right? They went through painstaking hard work, interviewing witnesses, looking for notes, recovering journals, etc, to find out what the original choreography was. This was a huge effort.
Excelente puesta en escena. La música maravillosa, penetra por los poros, la hueles, la vibras, y compartes la revolución del pensamiento!!
👏👏👏
Dear, UA-cam...Do us all a favor and NOT take this down!
Meanwhile, this is a wonderful ballet. I had watched this twice already...in one day (thank goodness, it's a short performance). Though I kind of find it interesting that people were so up and arms about it. Yeah, it's a bit creepy but sexual? Strauss's "Salome" came just a few years prior and the people deemed this work sexual? I know the 1900's were different but still...
I have no idea where that idiot in the National Art Gallery video came up with sexual. It makes me think him a perv. UA-cam can tuck it. The videos can not be taken down but they are being recoded and therefor harder to steal so get movign!
Right.
This is awesome, in every sense of the word!
@@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n if you are in NYC the public library dance division is doing an exhibition on this ballet. I've got to get there within the next few days myself but I'm so glad you liked it and that you see the importance and depth of it
@@fatovamingus Unfortunately, I live in California, so I'm not going to be able to see that for a while, if ever!
@@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n just promise me you won't go to The nutcracker okay
@@fatovamingus Trust me, I've seen "The Nutcracker" more than a few times!
@@fatovamingus The mother of one of my best friends as a child was actually the artistic director of the Richmond Ballet in Richmond, Virginia, and so my family saw a lot of ballets when we lived there!
I cannot imagine any other choreography set to Stravinsky's music. I really can't.
I have been obsessed with this ballet since Disney put it in Fantasia. As a scientist, I recognize and appreciate the flaws of the time, but the impact is unignorable. However as a dancer, I can never express the amount of love, admiration, and inspiration that this ballet leaves me with. I have coreographed this ballet countless times while I listen to it and would love to someday execute ANY of them. The original story and concept, the complexity of the orchestra, the many interpretations that have been done, the origin of modern dance, the origin of heavy metal, and the interpretation of ancient societies based off of simple cave paintings (that support that humans have always been passionate)...how could anyone deny the beauty, importance, and impact of Le Sacre du Printemps?♥️🌺
Emily I wish I saw this sooner. UA-cam is really giving m a hard time with too many comments, I would love to hear more.
I was blazed and flipping through the channels back in the days before UA-cam and when I saw this I nearly died.
Yes. This is a slayer.
Nijinsky was way ahead of his time
Jennifer Osorio I think he was ahead of the Earth's orbit! I'm very happy that you appreciate it.
i have to go to work in 2 hours and im spending my morning not getting ready but crying from l'appel du vide i got from this. .
Thank you so much for posting these videos. I have studied this piece musically for a long time, beginning in undergrad and then grad school as a composer at NEC. I have never seen the ballet and coming across this version recreating the orig choreography I am blown away. Looking forward to watching it many more times. Thank you!
Thank you so much for uploading this. It’s so important. You’re right, the choreography really does have feeling to it here.
I finally found a good video! ua-cam.com/video/dsEkPdK8FVw/v-deo.html full ballet
A week ago I saw Rite of Spring performed by the San Francisco Ballet. I would take this Nijinsky version over it any day of the week.
this is one of the most impressing things i`ve ever seen....
I adored seeing this reconstruction and also enjoyed the UMASS performance (The whole evening including the contemporary pieces). Amazing and also to think of the other innovations in modern dance of the time. I was surprised however as my long term experience of the music is of more 'unconstrained' passion, and this was so stylized. Yet it is also so intense. Loved the buildup in repetition and gesture. Fascinating, thanks for posting this.
Bringing this back is incredible. I watched these videos when I was starting college as a vocal performance major, I am a junior now and always come back to watch again and again! I had known the music from The Rite of Spring my entire life, thanks to Disney's Fantasia. I also has a rough idea of the story but wanted to see it. I'm so glad this was here do I could see everything in context!!
I love to see comments like this., A full appreciation for a masterpiece. Tell me, are you in composition?
@@fatovamingus Sadly no, but I have friends who are, and I'm always excited when I'm asked to sing at a world premiere performance!
@@marillmusik that is amazing. will you ever sing in Stravinsky's "Symphony of Psalms"??? I think it is astounding
@@fatovamingus I should hope one day I will in a masterworks choir! Right now we are preparing Verdi's Requiem at college.
@@marillmusik beautiful. Requiems are amazing but I'm inclined to the minor
Those eyes at 0:29 will hunt my entire life for eternity... mama mia...
She had nothing to go by but notes of this very important live debut of the long lost Nijinsky. She just got down into it. She will always be the best.
@@fatovamingus I got shocked from the ending. I felt like her soul went to heaven.. or hell.. I don't know!
@@Dimivim I love reading that and everyone has a different feeling over the end and each feeling is right! Yes there is the story of a pagan Russia and the Sun God but it's the emotion that the chosen one evokes that really makes the story complete for all of us. Beatriz Rodriguez is the chosen one that draws those feelings out of us.
@@fatovamingus I am happy to hear about that!
I will be conducting an excerpt from this masterpiece in NewYork Auditions for Master Degree in 2 weeks from now.
@@Dimivim that's fantastic congratulations I don't know what spot but I hope that it is from the First Act dancing out of the earth is good. Maybe you know Quinn Mason he's a friend of mine on the young composer who's done quite well. Actually very well but good luck and please let me know when this is going to happen
Hence the riot.
To be fair, I'll gladly admit that though I've got the educational and historical background to be able to sit and watch this on my computer without yelling and throwing food at the screen (one-man riot!), this choreography still disturbs me - the sense of the unknown is still there. In some respects I'm glad I'm not a dancer so I can see this as an outsider. As a composer I don't much get the chance to do that with music.
By the way, thanks for posting. Amazing performance.
I love your expression!
I just saw it in LA last night and it was fantastic!
I just had to come back and watch this again, it never fails to be haunting and utterly breathtaking. I'm hoping to see one of the original 1913 costumes in person at the V&A in London next week, and I'm already beside myself with excitement!
Oh please contact Kenneth Archer, the man who spent 15 years finding these costumes and sets. Their webstire HodsonArcher gives his email kennethagarcher@mac.com
@@fatovamingus Sadly the theatre department of the V&A was shut when I went to London, but hopefully next year! I'm determined to see those costumes eventually :D
@@raniwasacyborg write to Millicent and Kenneth and ask what their timetable is. You will find their email online and use my name as the subject
I like your observation here. I see this debut as more of a mark in history than another work of art.
Thanks for posting, this was awesome! Wish I could've been there to see it in person, but alas, I was not even born yet :(