Stravinsky's music caresses Terpsichore

Revival production at Mariinsky Theatre of The Rite of Spring by Millicent Hodson

Mikhail Fokine and Tamara Karsavina in The Firebird

Bronislava Nijinska, Mikhail Fokine and Ludmila Schollar ei Petrushka

Model by Léon Bakst for the character of Tamara Karsavina in The Firebird, 1910

Rehearsal Les Noces en Monte Carlo in 1923 with Bronislava Nijinska

Diaghilev, Nijinsky and Stravinsky

The Rite of Spring at Mariinsky Theatre

By Cintia Borges Carreras, 05 April 2021

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Lawrence Dunn, 17th December

From Buxtehude, Bach and Handel, to contemporary composer Liza Lim, we take a tour of the myriad forms of composers’ handwriting and calligraphy – and how music makes itself on the page.

Bryce Dessner in Prague: new landscapes in a living tradition

Thomas May, 11th December

Bryce Dessner enters the Czech Philharmonic’s living tradition with electric guitars, a new cello concerto and a composer’s ear for landscape, history, collaboration and renewal.

Dreams of Greece: Ravel’s first ballet Daphnis et Chloé

Alexander Simpkins, 18th July

Ravel’s first ballet Daphnis et Chloé is an overwhelming sensory experience – but its birth as a production choreographed by Mikhail Fokine for the Ballets Russes was not without complications...

Symphonic metamorphoses: Tokyo Philharmonic in 2025

Bachtrack, 15th January

With concerts featuring Myung-whun Chung at the piano, Pinchas Zukerman leading from the podium, and inventive programming from Chief Conductor Andrea Battistoni, the Tokyo Philharmonic’s 2025 season straddles many divides.

Time magician: Jonathan Nott explores The Rite of Spring

Thomas May, 19th December

The English conductor talks about his bond with the storied Swiss orchestra he has helmed since 2017, and how they plan to recreate the danger of Stravinsky’s famous ballet.

Pioneer of abstraction: Bronislava Nijinska’s life becomes a ballet

Fátima Nollén, 26th June

Spanish choreographer Avatâra Ayuso talks candidly about fellow choreographer Bronislava Nijinska, historical misogyny within the dance sector, and what we are doing about it today.

Cintia Borges Carreras

Doctora en Estudios Artísticos, Literarios y de la Cultura (2021, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Sobresaliente Cum Laude), universidad en la que también cursó sus estudios de máster. Graduada en Pedagogía de las Artes Visuales y la Danza por la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, completa su formación artística con estudios de violín. Sus trabajos de investigación en torno a la danza incorporan una lectura interdisciplinar hacia otras teorías del conocimiento cultural, así como hacia otras artes. La interacción entre la creación coreográfica y la literatura es parte central de sus estudios, recogidos en ponencias y comunicaciones impartidas en congresos nacionales e internacionales, y en artículos académicos. Sus publicaciones abarcan también la reseña bibliográfica y colabora como crítica de danza en la Revista Red Escénica.

Stravinsky's music caresses Terpsichore: Diaghilev's Ballets Russes