Rite Of Spring Ethnography

The Rite of Spring’s choreography and music combination kept me yearning for more. I most enjoyed the extremely emotional movements because they drew me in and made me ponder the underlying meaning of the dance. This dance was by far the most expressive one presented all semester. The frantic and sudden movements that interchanged with the soft and gentle movements flowed together and portrayed a frantic, yet elegant message. The type of mixed emotional energies and variation of movements is probably what drew the audience in most because of the sudden changes in mood.
This powerful dance had an emotional and primitive theme. The dance most definitely heavily incorporated ballet, however there was a substantial amount of floor work involved