Riot At The Rite
2007, 90 minutes
How the riot during the first performance of Sravinski's 'Rite Of Spring in Paris 1913, happened.
When The Rite Of Spring first hit the Paris Stage in 1913 it caused a riot in the theatre. This full length feature documents how that riot may have come about. Incorporating a full score of music with choreography adapted to suit drawings made by an artist during that first performance, this film is the definitive reconstruction of Stravinsky's, before it's time, classic.