Riot at the Rite

Oh right, I didn't know that was on, thanks Basil!

EW

Hope PBS picks it up so we can see it on the other side of the Atlantic....classical music, dance and violence, an irresistible combination....

I posted this as a reminder for myself as much as anything! I do not want to miss it.

Excuse the bump, nothing new to add just want to keep this on the front page as a reminder.

Yes, my memory is that bad!

The rather lovely Emma Pierson (recently in Hotel Babylon) is in the cast, so that's another reason to watch.

Graham

Sounds really hot, I just heard it in concert see the Rite thread. the talk before hand said at one point the french rioted inside, people were fighting, booing and clapping with Najinsky in the wings shouting counts to keep his cdancers on tempo. and someone was turning the lights on and off trying to get the crowd's attention and control. Sounds like a good time to me.

when we were listening to the rite in concert the first half ends and the quiet of the second begins. My friend leaned over to me and says " I think I know when they rioted" It's very intense.

Pina Bausch performed it in LA for teh Olympics in 84. she wanted a foot of dirt on the stage floor and the dancers to be nude. The olympic arts commitee siad NO WAY, what would people think? She returned that she would not do it then. It was finally agreed just a day beforehand and the performance was a sell out all three nights. Wish I'd seen it. The dancers were interviewed and they said it was the most exciting performance they'd ever been in. The earthy smell and feel of the soil underneath their feet was probably more important than being nude. Hooray for Pina!!!

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Originally posted by graham55:
The rather lovely Emma Pierson (recently in Hotel Babylon) is in the cast, so that's another reason to watch.

Graham

Hmmm yes, as lovely a little dollymop as one could hope to see, I'm watching her even as I type. An excellent perfmormance by all concerned, who but the BBC could do it?

If Emma was the lead babe dancer she did it for me.

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Originally posted by bob mccluckie:
If Emma was the lead babe dancer she did it for me.

She was Romola, the one who had the hots for Nijinsky.

You mean the bird in the audience?

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Originally posted by bob mccluckie:
You mean the bird in the audience?

Indeed I do.

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If Emma was the lead babe dancer she did it for me.

'the chosen virgin' role was played by prima ballerina Zinaida Yanowsky.

Breathtaking, simply breathtaking.

Very, very good.

The Rite of Spring has really turned into an orchestral showpiece these days, and this was rather anticipated by the throwaway line at the end with Stravinsky saying that he looked forward to the orchestral concert. Is it ever produced as ballet now (allowing for the nude LA performance described above)?

I didn't see the credits properly. Who were the actual performers and conductor - a Swedish ballet company (and orchestra)?

(And Emma was as delicious as could have been expected. I wish that I had a dressing room where she could proposition me.)

Graham

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Originally posted by graham55:
Very, very good.



(And Emma was as delicious as could have been expected. I wish that I had a dressing room where she could proposition me.)

Graham

Dear Graham,

Dressing room or no dressing room, Emma can proposition me wherever she likes.

Regards,

Erik

Erik

To paraphrase The Beatles, I'd do it in the road!

Graham

Nerd note: Many people assume that this was a Lennon song, but it was written by Paul.