Joffrey Ballet Rite of Spring 1987 (2 of 3) with NO COMMERCIALS

These people were the first to perform this original Nijinsky ballet (also known as Le Sacre du Printemps) after its being lost for 70 years. Some of it was found in the margins of the score, on scraps, through the memories of the few living ballerinas. Hodson and Archer pieced it together and had to fly blind in places but by God’s good grace, when Nijinsky’s assistant Marie Rambert died, the notes for the ballet were found: and confirmed the work.. Nothing like this has ever or will ever exist again. BECAUSE OF THE DATE OF UPLOAD there are NO COMMERCIAL I feel that you are only watching only the first piece. 20 years later there are 2 HD performances of the Mariinsky on Youtube and on my they are going through the motions. They have seen the Joffrey and pieces of other companies and so Actually I can’t blame them - they perform this monster once weekly but the soul is dim. EACH dancer in the 1987 Joffrey had to pull from something dark