TED-Ed on 'The Rite of Spring,' 'the ballet that incited a riot,' for the Vernal Equinox

Happy Vernal Equinox! After not observing the occasion last year to blog about plastic, I'm returning to a ballet about spring. This time, it's Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, which TED-Ed called The ballet that incited a riot.

Dive into the history and controversy of Igor Stravinsky’s ballet, “The Rite of Spring,” which shattered the conventions of classical ballet.
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Ballet is typically thought of as harmonious, graceful and polished— hardly something that would trigger a riot. But at the first performance of Igor Stravinsky's “The Rite of Spring,” audience members were so outraged that they drowned out the orchestra. People hurled objects at the stage, started fights and were arrested. What caused this shocking reaction? Iseult Gillespie explains the controversy.

Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by WOW-HOW Studio.

If my readers were looking for a drum corps version, they can click on Blue Devils 'Re-Rite of Spring' for a drum corps May Day. I decided I'd rather go with the original.

Stay tuned for Nowruz and the 14th birthday of the blog.