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Ballet Afsaneh joins Maestro Alasdair Neale |
Explore the ancient origins of the original, 1913 production of Stravinsky’s and Diaghilev’s The Rite of Spring.
Pre-concert on April 5 & 7 |
 Ballet Afsaneh dancers Aliah Najmabadi and Rosa Rojas, dance of the Silk Road. Photo by RJ Muna |
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 Ballet Afsaneh dancer Aliah Najmabadi, dance from the Silk Road. Photo by Juan Carlos Bettancourt |
Ballet Afsaneh joins Maestro Alasdair Neale The Rite of Spring is a ballet first performed by the Ballets Russes in Paris in May, 1913 under impresario Serge Diaghilev. Today, it remains an unparalleled icon in music and dance history. Stravinsky’s driving rhythms, dissonance and polytonality—combined with Nijinsky’s radical choreography and set designer Nikolas Roerich’s fanciful depiction of pagan ritual—created a performance so shocking that the audience rioted at the premiere. But where did Roerich--Stravinksy’s close collaborator and the pioneering visionary behind the ballet--get his inspiration? Where did those early, pagan dance forms originate? Pre-concert, join Maestro Neale and dancers from Ballet Afsaneh for a lecture and short performance illustrating the ancient roots of this ground-breaking work. |
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Ballet Afsaneh, the professional performance ensemble of the Afsaneh Art & Culture Society, is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. This dynamic group presents performances and activities featuring dance, poetry, and music of the Silk Road—the historic trade route stretching 7,000 miles across Central Asia from the China Sea in the east to the Mediterranean in the west. The Ballet Afsaneh repertoire displays a wide range, from glittering lyrical fairytale to incisive, thought provoking, contemporary work. Click to read more. |
The Marin Symphony thanks the Afsaneh Art & Culture Society for this exciting collaboration.
Ballet Afsaneh dancer Aliah Najmabadi, dance from the Silk Road.
Photo by RJ Muna