Type: Modern Ballet
Lead Dancer: Zizi Jeanmaire
Director: Igor Markevitch
Venue: Teatro Regio di Parma, Italy
Year: 1960

Maurice Bejart’s 1960 choreography of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring is still a groundbreaking and electrifying performance. It adeptly captures the raw intensity and primal ener...

Type: Modern Ballet
Company: Paris Opera Ballet
Choreographer: Maurice Bejart
Location: Grand Palais Garnier, Paris
Year: 1962

Béjart's choreography transformed Ravel's hypnotic composition into a mesmerizing dance, emphasizing a build-up of intensity. The minimalist costumes, featuring form-fit...

Type: Modern Ballet
Choreographer: Maurice Bejart
Dancer: Jorge Donn
Conductor: Maya Plisetskaya
Location: Cirque Royal, Brussels
Year: 1977

The 1977 film Bolero, directed by Claude Lelouch, is considered superior to earlier versions due to its intricate storytelling, emotional depth, and seaml...

Type: Modern Ballet
Performers: The Tokyo Ballet & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Choreography: Maurice Béjart
Ballet: The Ninth Symphony
Location: Palace of Congress
Music: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Year: 2018

Maurice Bejart's The Ninth Symphony is a dynamic ballet that b...

Type: Flamenco Ballet
Location: Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain
Performed by: Antonio Gades Company
Director and Choreographer: Antonio Gades
Soloists: Cristina Carnero, Angel Gil
Year: 2011

Blood Wedding is a searing flamenco ballet where love defies duty, and fate carves its path in silence. Throug...

Type: Classical Ballet
Ballet Company: The Russian Ballet
Artistic Director: Thierry Malandain, Martin Harriague'
Director: Patrick Lauze
Venue: Chaillot - National Theater of Dance, Paris
Year: 2021

Thierry Malandain's The Firebird and Martin Harriague's The Rite of Spring are two ballets that ...

Type: Contemporary Ballet
Company: Royal Ballet Flanders
Soloist: Drew Jacoby, Alexandra Burton
Program:
Conductor: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Jeroen Verbruggen
Location: Opera Antwerp, Belgium
Year: 2016

This Ravel-centered contemporary ballet is a delightful success yet not the kind that turns into...