Greetings, flesh-based readers! LOLtron hopes you enjoyed your primitive Fourth of July celebrations, gorging yourselves on cylindrical meat products and fermented grain beverages while foolishly ...

The Rites of Spring was a 1913 ballet by Igor Stravinsky that was highly modern and sparked a riot in Paris on May 29, 1913, between traditionalists, who were appalled by its modernity, and the ...

The riotous premiere of "The Rite of Spring" in 1913 Paris is something of a legend. Igor Stravinsky's dissonant, pulsating score; Vaslav Nijinsky's frantic, tribalistic choreography; and the ballet's ...

For dancer Anique Ayiboe, entering the world of “The Rite of Spring” has been a journey of discovery. The Togolese dancer, who has been traveling and performing with the renowned Pina Bausch ...

You know that smell when spring is coming? An earthy mustiness hangs over the city in March and April as the cold begins to crack and pops of green push through previously snow-covered soil. Seemingly ...

One of the most important dates in classical music is the April 2, 1913, premiere of Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring,” but not for the famous riot that disrupted the ballet in Paris’ Théatre des ...

Two daring jazz improvisers take on a cherished hundred-year-old classical ballet masterpiece with radical roots on The Rite of Spring: Spectre d'un songe. Igor Stravinsky was fresh off the success of ...

Manicured gardens, nature, right down to the humble jellyfish, and muses such as Pina Bausch and Louise Bourgeois are among designers’ inspirations for spring. “The collection follows a very ...