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Work: Les Noces

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ComposerStravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeDance
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Ballett Zürich: Timekeepers is an evening of contrasts

Shelby Williams in Meryl Tankard's For Hedy © Gregory Batardon
A diverse triple bill, both musically and choreographically, this has been a gamble that's paid off.
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English National Ballet's Our Voices signals a new, exciting era

Lorenzo Trossello, Erina Takahashi and Gareth Haw in David Dawson's Four Last Songs © Laurent Liotardo
English National Ballet appears refreshed and revitalised under its new artistic director.
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Argerich, Dutoit and Russian revelry in Hamburg

Argerich is predictably a force of nature in Tchaikovsky and Dutoit shows his mettle in Ravel and Stravinsky.
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AmsterdamSaturday Matinees: Milhaud, Stravinsky, Adams

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Milhaud, Stravinsky, Adams
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest); John Adams; Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor); Zevetelina Vassileva; Elizabeth Sikora; Marcel Beekman
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Pioneer of abstraction: Bronislava Nijinska’s life becomes a ballet

The Ballets Russes perform Les Noces (Svadebka) at the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, 1923 © Public Domain | Library of Congress
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.

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.