Joffrey Ballet 1987 Rite of Spring (1 of 3)

THIS IS ONLY Part 1 of 3 (prompts will show)
OK . HERE WE GO. Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky funded by Serge Diaghilev's Ballet Russes collaborated by chance (not choice) with the authority on Pagan Russia Nicholas Roerich and on May 29, 1913 debuted the most shocking, ground breaking event in ballet history. To date, there is no other "epic" ballet as this. However Paris was not ready for this 3 prong attack: weird choreography, strange music and a dark scenario that did not have tutus! They could not stretch themselves to meet it so they railed against it and chose an effigy: Vaslav Nijinsky. The spoils would go to the great maestro Igor Stravinsky, whose Rite of Spring became the yardstick by which composition would be measured,. To this day.

The ballet was performed 9 times then stuffed in a closet and was nearly lost forever... until Robert Joffrey, once a student of Nijinsky's assistant Marie Rambert, decided to unearth it.

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After ten years passed, dance historian and choreographer Millicent Hodson and Dr. Kenneth Archer, the foremost authority on the authenticity of costume, set design and ritual pattern emerged from a rabbit hole with what is considered 90% accurate.

Robert Joffrey had cancer which advanced as the reconstruction did as if Nijinsky had run to Joffrey's timeline to see the Joffrey Ballet bring to fruition a ballet for which he was willing to lose it all. As Robert Joffrey was. They watched what you are seeing right now - the first performance reincarnated. The company relied on the story and raw emotion a performance without any vt what you are seeing which relied on deep trust in the story and raw emotion.

And with that, Nijinsky was freed and his last earthly moment was opening a door for Robert Joffrey to walk through - with him.


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PLEASE watch the other 2 pieces or you are missing out on the darkest of this whole thing. All of this is for educational use. Comment because those comments will be in a documentary soon!