Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Post-acid case, Bolshoi to put on 'Rite of Spring'

Dancers at the Bolshoi Theater perform the final scene of the new production of Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" ballet in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. The renowned Russian theater celebrates the ballet's centennial anniversary by staging the new production and reviving three classic productions by Vaslav Nizinsky, Maurice Bejart and Pina Bausch. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) MOSCOW (AP) — It was, perhaps, last century's most scandalous ballet — one modeled after a pagan ritual of human sacrifice and showcasing dancers in ancient Slavic costumes prancing to odd-metered, cacophonous music.








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