“My childhood obsession with dinosaurs led me to the Rite of Spring and Igor Stravinsky ... He has written for children too. Last year saw the premiere of The Great Grumpy Gaboon as part ...
The composer’s final works, set to three poems by Hermann Hesse and one by Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, view death not as a horror but as an inevitable natural process.
(THE CONVERSATION) Prima ballerina Maria Tallchief waited for her cue in the wings of the City Center in downtown Manhattan on Nov. 27, 1949, preparing to take the stage in the New York City Ballet’s ...
The Tallchief girls, who by then had joined their two last names, excelled under their ... The composer of “Firebird,” Igor Stravinsky, sent Balanchine a telegram congratulating him on the ...
"Siberian Khatru" opened the shows, coming out of an excerpt from Igor Stravinsky’s "Firebird Suite ... and was part of the sets as recently as last year's The Classic Tales of Yes Tour.
The company was last in London in 2008 and has been greatly ... Duo Concertant, by George Balanchine, was set to the music of Igor Stravinsky and premiered in 22 June 1972 in New York.
Rooted in the recording sessions, and choreographed by Patricia Delgado and the Tony winner Justin Peck (“Illinoise”), it was an Off Broadway hit last season ... THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY ...
On Feb. 20, the Boston Symphony Orchestra gave one of their odder concerts of the season. Featuring guest conductor Alan T.
Directed by a friend of slain cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, compelling Hulu film balances an account of her final day with ...
Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky. But, this season, he’s brought some smaller-scale works to the stage. For his first epic piece for orchestra, choir and vocal soloists, he avoided grandiosity ...