Reflections on the 100th anniversary of The Rite of Spring
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2013 · Education
Elizabeth Kendall, author of Balanchine and the Lost Muse, discusses why Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring shocked the world and the composer's relationship with George Balanchine. http://global.oup.com/academic/product/balanchine-and-the-lost-muse-9780199959341 Elizabeth Kendall is an Associate Professor of Literary Studies at the New School. The author of several books, including Balanchine and the Lost Muse: Revolution and the Making of a Choreographer, she has also written for The New Yorker, Vogue, Ballet News, Dance Magazine, The New York Times, Elle, The New Republic and other journals. © Oxford University Press Image credits: Images used: (1) Cover of first score. Via wikimedia commons/Library of Congress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PianoReductionRiteofSpring1913.jpg (2) New York Times headline via Wikimedia commons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_Ballet_in_Paris_-_New_York_Times_1913-06-07.png (3) Stranvinsky drawn by Picasso via Bibliotheque National de Paris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Igor_Stravinsky_as_drawn_by_Pablo_Picasso_31_Dec_1920_-_Gallica.jpg
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