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Exploring Fine Art and Illustration while bunnies romp and fly

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Happy Anniversary Rite of Spring!!!!!!!

Here are some of my paintings from my Rite of Spring Series, Happy Spring!

Rite of Spring: Iris Moon, pastel



  Rite of Spring: Fire Dancers


Rite of Spring: Bikini Dance, oil on canvas
Rite of Spring: Dance, oil on canvas


 

BBC article on Rite of Spring Riot

Link to BBC Article about the famous 1913 music dance riot:



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22691267

Original rite of Spring choreography by Joffrey Ballet

 Today I am celebrating the Rite of Spring!


The ballet opened in Paris in 1913 during a sweltering hot evening. The music and ballet caused a riot! Stravinsky stood in the wings shouting out counts for the dancers. The original costumes were made of wool and a bit unwieldy for dancing. The dancers must have felt the heat and confusion.



 Here is the Joffrey Ballet replicating the original Njinsky  1913 choreography of the Rite of Spring in 1989.




The playwright, John Howard, my grandfather saw the Rite of Spring ballet in Paris and it influenced his cutting edge expressionist play, Roger Bloomer. He wrote the play while living in Paris. The play was  produced in New York in 1921.

Happy 100th Anniversary Rite of Spring!!!!!



I love this new version of the Rite of Spring choreographed by Pina Bausch