Riot at the Rite

Riot at the Rite

8.020051h 30mmovie

In the spring of 1913, Parisian businessman Gabriel Astruc opens a new theater on the Champs Elysées. The first performance is the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring', danced by the Ballet Russes. The rehearsal process is extremely fraught: the orchestra dislike Stravinsky's harsh, atonal music; the danc...

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Adam Garcia

Adam Garcia

Vaslav Nijinsky

Alex Jennings

Alex Jennings

Sergei Diaghilev

Emma Pierson

Emma Pierson

Romola

Griff Rhys Jones

Griff Rhys Jones

Astruc

Jonathan Aris

Jonathan Aris

Jean Cocteau

Christian McKay

Christian McKay

Pierre Monteux

Richard Hope

Richard Hope

Grigoriev

Philip Herbert

Philip Herbert

Antoine

André Schneider

André Schneider

Ivory

Naomi Wattis

Naomi Wattis

Lydia

Peter Copley

Peter Copley

Patron

Sara Dee

Sara Dee

Lady Hysteria

Steve Pemberton

Steve Pemberton

Critic

Philip Battley

Philip Battley

Bassoonist

Rachael Stirling

Rachael Stirling

Marie Rambert

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