Premiere Performance Part1 A

There was a massiveriot, though - Stravinski had to escape the theatre out of the toilet window.

to be honest the big problem at the premier was the choreography, and the folks instigating the trouble where rival music factions who had already set their mind up to try and disrupt the performance. It wasn't so much the. music that was shocking, I mean Schoenberg was already up to his antics by this time, Pierrot Lunaire came out in 1912, and Harmonielehre had already been published. Plus this is movie so they're obviously going to over emphasize some parts for the sake of drama

it's hip hop of their day

To ask the BBC to release this on DVD, go to the bbcamericashop site, (I don't think YouTube will allow me to use the actual address), then click on "DVD" tab upper left, go down about 3/4 on the next page that comes up to "Suggest a Title" and tell them you want to see the 2005 documentary "Riot at the Rite" released.

I would have been kicking ass... on side of those who thought it was magnificent.

You idiots, I bet you think most modern audiences dress and talk like that too? Its obviously a reenactment of the historical event.

This is a documentary about how this piece and ballet was so revolutionary and unconventional for its time that it literally cause a riot. This piece represents a giant milestone in music.

Is the younger man backstage in the wings supposed to be Najinski or Stravinsky?

This IS a re-enactment from 1913. I'm sure almost every modern day audience would appreciate this.