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Ballerina jumping in air

100 years ago, ‘The Rite of Spring’ incited a riot in a Paris theater

Source: The Verge

The years just before World War I marked a turning point in the arts, a shift from the romantic to the modern. Learn how a groundbreaking ballet’s modernity shocked and angered the audience at its premier.

This entry was posted in Responses to Change and tagged Arts & Entertainment, History on August 1, 2016 by Mikki Gibson.

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