The Rite Of Spring Sparknotes
Ballet and War: Review on Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age
The Rite of Spring by Modris Ekstein examines the cultural history at the start and in World War I and the consequences that would follow after the end of the war. Ekstein separates his book into three acts- pre-war, during the war and then after the war.
Act One takes the reader first to Paris and the premier of Igor Stravinsky’s ballet, Le Sacre du primtemp translated to the Rite of Spring. Choreographed by Diaghilev and danced by Nijinsky, to greats of Russian Ballet, upsets the Parisians and the art society with its new untraditional taste. This new ballet was the beginning of the modernism in the arts. To many in the audience, this piece was an outrage and an insult to good taste. The story of the ballet was a celebration of spring in Russia. The earth and people celebrate the new life. The second …show more content…
Never would I have assumed that Stravinsky’s ballet, Rite of Spring could represent so much of the creation and consequences of World War I. He provided many different examples of how modernism developed and grew through out the war like the development of new weapons like gas, Germany’s battle to become an influence in the world. He also showed that modernism is not just a movement of art but also a movement of culture, technology, war and peoples’ thoughts.
Ekstein used many different personal accounts in each act to show what had happened or how a person felt about an event and to support and idea he was discussing. It gave the book depth and it allowed the reader to understand what people might have gone through during this age of many changes. Sometimes however the amount of personal statements got overwhelming. There would be many different statements put together to show the different opinions but it was hard to understand how the statement helped his
The Rite of Spring by Modris Ekstein examines the cultural history at the start and in World War I and the consequences that would follow after the end of the war. Ekstein separates his book into three acts- pre-war, during the war and then after the war.
Act One takes the reader first to Paris and the premier of Igor Stravinsky’s ballet, Le Sacre du primtemp translated to the Rite of Spring. Choreographed by Diaghilev and danced by Nijinsky, to greats of Russian Ballet, upsets the Parisians and the art society with its new untraditional taste. This new ballet was the beginning of the modernism in the arts. To many in the audience, this piece was an outrage and an insult to good taste. The story of the ballet was a celebration of spring in Russia. The earth and people celebrate the new life. The second …show more content…
Never would I have assumed that Stravinsky’s ballet, Rite of Spring could represent so much of the creation and consequences of World War I. He provided many different examples of how modernism developed and grew through out the war like the development of new weapons like gas, Germany’s battle to become an influence in the world. He also showed that modernism is not just a movement of art but also a movement of culture, technology, war and peoples’ thoughts.
Ekstein used many different personal accounts in each act to show what had happened or how a person felt about an event and to support and idea he was discussing. It gave the book depth and it allowed the reader to understand what people might have gone through during this age of many changes. Sometimes however the amount of personal statements got overwhelming. There would be many different statements put together to show the different opinions but it was hard to understand how the statement helped his