The indelible ballet dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky helped usher in a new era of ballet. As a leading dancer for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, he redefined the male presence in classical ballet, bringing athleticism and range to what had previously been a supporting role. His controversial choreographic works are now considered some of the […]
The Joffrey Ballet performs Nijinsky’s The Rite of Spring Is it just me, or are dance-goers less enthusiastic than they used to be? One hundred years ago today, the audience went nuts over the premiere of a ballet. Literally. They screamed, shouted, nearly rioted in the streets of Paris, because the latest work from the […]
One hundred years after its infamous premiere, Vaslav Nijinsky’s Rite of Spring takes the stage as part of the Virginia Arts Festival. The Richmond Ballet will present Rite on the exact day of its centennial—May 29—accompanied by the Virginia Symphony Orchestra playing Stravinsky’s notoriously dissonant score. The choreography is angular, the themes pagan and the […]