alessia barberini le sacre du printemps

Teatro dell Opera di Roma production of the original Le Sacre du Printemps after the reconstruction in 1987 by Millicent Hodson, music (Rite of Spring) by Igor Stravinsky, choreography - lost for over 70 years - by Vaslav Nijinsky's. This piece is called "The Danse Sacrale", the finale of the ballet wherein the chosen one of this fictitious tribe (based both on a dream of Stravinsky's and a painting by Nicholas Roerich) dances herself to death so that spring will return and her people will survive. This ballet and music shocked the world in 1913 on all levels: concept, the challenge of the music's intensity which would usher in a the new era of neoclassicism and, most of all, the extremely daring and unconventional dance. Le Sacre du Printemps asked an audience of elitists and high class patrons to respond to art. They only knew art when it was told to them and this had never been told. Their response was to riot and behave in such a classless manner that history would measure the greatness of Stravinsky and Nijinsky against their commonness,

There are perhaps better performances than Barberini's in this role though she is exceptionally good (and I am not even sure if it is her - I've been told it is). Marie-Claude Pietragalla's (available on my channel) performance is hands down the best, Beatrice Rodriguez of the Joffrey - the first to dance the role since Marie Plitz of the Ballet Russes in 1913 - deserves her place in history for being the first to really dance this role on the modern stage and she was pretty good. Zenaida Yanowsky of The Royal Ballet was fantastic (she danced the role in the BBC's Riot at the Rite, also on my channel). In my opinion, any performance of this role - even a stiff one like the Mariinsky's Alexandra Iosifidi - is magnificent. That this was written 100 years ago staggers the mind. Fatova Mingus.

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• le sacre du printemps
• nijinsky
• danse sacrale
• alessia barberini
• 2009
• stravinsky

[whatevernice345]

This sounds like it could be played during a scary movie, or even on the anime Series "Deathnote." I always compare this score to Deathnote's soundtrack

[fatovamingus]

@whatevernice345 This IS one of the most frightening pieces of music I've ever heard. Can you imagine being in the audience in 1913? Wow...

[lee26caloo]

Another example of ACTING FOOL !

Bad show.

[whatevernice345]

And I love this dance sooo much!