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When Stravinsky Met Nijinsky: Two Artists, Their Ballet, and One Extraordinary Riot
32 pp.
| Harcourt |
March, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-0-547-90725-3$16.99
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K-3
Although Stringer overplays the degree of collaboration between composer and choreographer, there's no doubt that they created something beautifully, brutally new in The Rite of Spring in 1913 Paris. Acrylic illustrations dance right along in a sweep of movement and color that owes as much to Matisse as to their own lively spirit. Notes about the ballet and Stringer's visual inspirations are appended. Bib.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2013