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ComposerCelis, Stijn
PeriodContemporary
Work typeDance
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Introdans' Russian Rumour

Introdans brings news interpretations by contemporary choreographers of the controversial classics L'Après-midi d'un faune, The Firebird and Le Sacre du Printemps in their programme Russian Rumour.
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From Dumbarton Oaks to the White House: Stravinsky in America

Stravinsky on the cover of Time magazine, July 1948 © Public domain
When Igor Stravinsky left Europe for life in America in 1939, his flight was due to more than the impending war. Three generations of his family had died within six months and his neoclassical works no longer met with universal admiration from influential critics. 

Bachtrack top ten: Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky, portrait by Jacques-Émile Blanche (1915) © Public domain
No 20th-century composer adapted his style as much as Igor Stravinsky. From his early ballets for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes to his neoclassical phase and serialism, Stravinsky’s music underwent many transformations. 

Stravinsky's music caresses Terpsichore

Revival production at Mariinsky Theatre of The Rite of Spring by Millicent Hodson © Natasha Razina | State Academic Mariinsky Theatre
We look at the fruitful creative relationship between Igor Stravinsky and Sergey Diaghilev and the composer's various creations for the company Les Ballets Russes.