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NYCB Principal Dancer Wendy Whelan talks about her role as The Novice in Jerome Robbins' The Cage. The Cage will be performed as part of New York City Ballet's 2012 Spring Season at Lincoln Center.

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Igor Stravinsky

Melodrama for tenor solo, female narrator, chorus, children's chorus, and orchestra

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Paying homage to the 100th anniversary of this Sergei Diaghilev-era classic created by Michel Fokine in 1911, San Francisco Ballet presents the encore of Petrouchka. Set in early nineteenth-century St. Petersburg, this poignant work tells the tragic story of a puppet who possesses a human soul, only for it to be tortured by the emptiness and ignorance of others.

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Episode 1: Stravinsky Today
Igor Stravinsky’s ongoing significance and influence, a half century after his death, is reassessed from a safe objective distance.

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Episode 2: Stravinsky and the Stage
Stravinsky’s relationship with the stage, both ballet and opera, is examined, including collaborations with Diaghilev, Auden and Balanchine.

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Episode 3: Stravinsky — Myth, Faith and Memory
The roles of myth, faith and memory in Stravinsky’s works is explored, from Russian chant to Greek classicism.

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Episode 4: Stravinsky in the New World
This episode looks at Stravinsky’s works created after his relocation to the New World, embracing jazz, serialism and Disney.

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Episode 5: Stravinsky and the Modern Age
Stravinsky’s interaction with composers shaping the Modern Age is explored, from Debussy, Prokofieff and Bartók through to contemporary music.

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Source: London Symphony Orchestra

This LSO Discovery video looks at the lasting impact of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, introduced by broadcaster Rob Cowan with conductors Valery Gergiev and Bernard Haitink.

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Source: Opus Arte

The Opus Arte DVD of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress is a visual treat in Robert Lepage's production, updating the opera from Hogarth's London to 1950s Las Vegas.

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