An Evening of one-act ballets on the music by Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird
Young prince Ivan finds himself in the terrible realm of the Kashchei, the immortal, who imprisons women and transforms men into stone. Not realizing the danger, Ivan wanders through the bewitched garden of Kashchei where he meets the dazzling Firebird. Struck by the Firebird's beauty, Ivan chases and eventually captures her. She tries to escape, and begs for her freedom, promising to help Ivan in exchange for it.
That evening Ivan encounters 13 maidens, and falls passionately in love with one of them. The next morning, when the maidens, who are Kashchei's prisoners, are forced by magic to return to the castle, Ivan follows them.
Ivan is captured by Kashchei's servants, but the Firebird, true to it's pledge, intervenes and bewitches them. She then tells Ivan the secret of Kashchei's immortality: his spirit, in the form of an egg, must remain intact. Ivan destroys it, killing Kashchei, and all celebrate their freedom.
The Wedding
A ballet in four scenes
The ballet goes through the entire story of a Russian peasant wedding. In the first scene, the bride prepares for her coming marriage. We then see the bridegroom asking his family to give the marriage their blessing. The third scene depicts the bride's departure from her family, and finally the ballet culminates in the actual wedding feast.
The Rite of Spring
The Rite of Spring is a series of episodes depicting a wild pagan spring ritual. The elders are offering a young girl as a sacrifice to the God of Spring, in order to gain his benevolence. The ballet is divided into two parts with the following scenes
Part I: Adoration of the Earth Introduction, The Harbingers of Spring , Ritual of Abduction, Spring Rounds, Ritual of the Rival Tribes, Procession of the Sage, The Adoration of the Earth, Dance of the Earth
Part II: The Sacrifice Introduction, Mystic Circles of the Young Girls, The Glorification of the Chosen One, Evocation of the Ancestors, Ritual Action of the Ancestors, Sacrificial Dance
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