Rockport Music presents: Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of

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Hours:	7 PM
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	Free see below
Category:	Music & Concerts

At the first ballet performance in 1913, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky, the avant garde nature of the music and choreography resulted in a near riot. A staple of orchestral literature, Sacre is a favorite with audiences.

Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) was the result of the composer’s collaboration with Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes.

Conceived as a series of choreographed episodes, it was first published in 1912 for four-hand piano, which is the form in which it will be heard in tonight’s concert.

At the first ballet performance in May 1913, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky, the avant garde nature of the music and choreography resulted in a near riot.

A staple of orchestral literature, Sacre is a favorite with audiences, and the original Nijinsky choreography has been reconstructed by the Joffrey Ballet in the video presentation
that will be shown that evening.

COST

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FREE

WEBSITE

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rcmf.org/community-events/4-22-13.html

LOCATION

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37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966 map
Phone: 978-546-7391

Rockport is 45 miles from downtown Boston.

Drive north on Rte. 128 to the traffic lights in Gloucester.
Turn left onto Rte. 127.
Drive 4 miles to Rockport.
Continue through 'Five Corners' onto Rte. 127A (Broadway) toward the harbor.
Turn left onto Mt. Pleasant Street, which will bear left and become Main Street.