Joffrey Ballet 1987 Rite of Spring (1 of 3)

Begin at minute 2:42 Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky collaborated BY CHANCE if you will, in 1913 on the most shocking, ground breaking music and ballet the world had ever experienced and it may still be most striking work ever done. Nijinsky’s choreography, performed only 9 times in 1913, was nearly lost forever until the Joffrey,in the 1980’s, with great effort and commitment, reconstructed it and performed it for the first time in over 70 years. Much more on this at my blog