In a rehearsal studio lined by floor-to-ceiling mirrors in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Anique Ayiboe is hunched in on herself, a ball of nerves. Tonight, the 33-year-old Togolese member of the ...
Ever since I was first introduced to Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” in a course I took in university on Western Theatrical Dance, I have been in love with the piece. Two years ago, "The Rite ...
What makes work interesting? What it is? How it makes you feel? That's the million dollar question I suppose…and one that Alexander Whitley's work continues to ask. Whitley has just opened a double ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Pierre Monteux, who led the scandalous premiere of “The Rite of Spring,” went on to a career of remarkable peace and selflessness. Pierre Monteux, who led the scandalous ...
Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring has been called “the most important piece of music of the 20th century” by Leonard Bernstein, described as “sounding like a voice from another planet” by Aaron Copland ...