What Stravinsky ballet featured in a 2004 documentary caused a near-riot when it was first performed in 1913?
Rhythm Is It! Rhythm Is It! is a 2004 German documentary film directed by Thomas Grube and Enrique Sánchez Lansch. The film documents a project undertaken by the Berlin Philharmonic principal conductor Simon Rattle and choreographer Royston Maldoom who decided to popularize classical music by staging a performance of Igor Stravinsky's ballet "The Rite of Spring" with a cast of 250 children recruited from Berlin's public schools.
After the Rain (ballet) After the Rain is a ballet made by Christopher Wheeldon on New York City Ballet to music of Arvo Pärt, "Tabula Rasa" (first movement, "Ludus") and "Spiegel im Spiegel". The premiere took place on Saturday, 22 January 2005 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. The final "pas de deux" is commonly performed separately from the remainder of the ballet.