Igor Stravinsky

Dancing Pina (2023)

Two of Pina Bausch's most famous works are rehearsed in Germany and Senegal, championing the choreographer's legacy through a younger generation of dancers. ...

Summertime (2023)

Between Russia and the USA, an enchanting concert in summery tones, led by young Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski and South African soprano Golda Schultz. On the program: works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky and Samuel Barber, as well as George ...

New York City Ballet (2021)

Since March 2020, the artists of New York City Ballet have been unable to perform at Lincoln Center. This is their return home. ...

Dancing at Dusk – A moment with Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring (2020)

Pina Bausch's iconic choreography to The Rite of Spring danced on the beach in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal. Filmed as the world descended into lockdown, this recording captures the last rehearsal of a specially assembled company of 38 dancers from 14 African co ...

Miami City Ballet's The Firebird (2020)

Alive with color, excitement, and spectacular effects, Firebird is a fantastical and thrilling fairy tale about magic, love, danger and liberation. Prince Ivan, a young hunter, strays into a mystical forest where he encounters the exotic, immortal Firebi ...

Stravinsky/Tchaikovsky: Mavra/Iolanta (2019)

Stage director Axel Ranisch interweaves two works, resulting in a coming-of-age fairy tale on family, love, knowledge and self-determination: Mavra and Iolanta are becoming Mavra / Iolanta. ...

Bolshoi Ballet: Carmen Suite / Petrushka (2019)

Carmen: Impetuous Carmen seduces Don José in order to convince him to let her out of jail. Once outside, she thinks she's finally free before realizing that she's in fact prisoner of a love triangle: she wants to be with the famous Torero Escamillo, but s ...

The Rite of Spring (2019)

Characters from Haitian folklore come to life telling their story of ritual, ceremony and celebration. All wait to be overcome by the female spirit Erzuli. Who will be chosen? ...

John Bottom - The Unknown Soldier (2018)

The film is about the horrors of war. It tells the fate of the tailor John Bottom who during the war against the Germans lost an arm and died, but he was buried with the arm of a carpenter. John's earthly suffering continues after his death ... John's unfo ...

London Symphony Orchestra: Stravinsky (2017)

Sir Simon Rattle is joined by virtuosic soprano Barbara Hannigan for a modernist programme that showcases the immense capabilities of the London Symphony Orchestra. At the heart of this concert is The Rite of Spring. Once decried, it is now a cornerstone ...

The Fairy's Kiss (2017)

Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Ice Maiden, The Fairy's Kiss tells the story of a boy cursed with a kiss, destined for immortality. ...

The Rite Of Spring - Scottish Ballet (2017)

Feel the raw energy of the score and the anguish of moral conflict, brought to an end through violent sacrifice. Stravinsky wrote The Rite of Spring for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company. It caused sensation when first performed in 1913 as it was ...

The ROH Live: Jewels (2017)

Now celebrating its 50th year, George Balanchine's sparkling ballet still shines with all the brilliance of the gemstones that inspired it. ...

The Bolshoi Ballet: A Contemporary Evening (2017)

For one evening, the Bolshoi takes on a new challenge with audacity in The Cage by Jerome Robbins, Harald Lander's Études and Alexei Ratmansky's Russian Seasons. ...

Scandal! Alice Sara Ott and Francesco Tristano (2015)

Alice Sara Ott and Francesco Tristano join forces for this energetic and joyful collaboration on the stage of the international Heidelberger Frühling (Heidelberg Spring) festival, held annually since 1997 in March and April in the romantic German city. Th ...

Caligari: When Horror Came to Cinema (2014)

On February 26, 1920, Robert Wiene's world-famous film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. To this day, it is considered a manifesto of German expressionism; a legend of cinema and a key work to understand the nature of the W ...

Bolshoi Ballet: Jewels (2014)

George Balanchine's jewel-themed triptych, strikingly choreographed to the music of Faure, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky. This three act masterpiece is renowned as the world's first full-length abstract ballet. The Russian-born co-founder of the New York City ...

Rite of Spring (2013)

Black-and-white film projections by Bill Morrison, using archival footage of frigid Arctic scenes. ...

Mind in the Wilderness: Khatia Buniatishvili (2013)

Framed by the tranquil beauty of a forest near Berlin, Khatia Buniatishvili gives a recital of pianistic masterpieces dappled by the shade of verdant ferns and leafy canopies. As a special treat, her older sister Gvantsa joins her for four-handed works by ...

Iolanta / Perséphone – Teatro Real (2012)

Iolanta is a one act lyric opera, sung in Russian, by Tchaikovsky. Performed in the style of a nineteenth-century Italian melodrama, the scenes have a recitative introduction followed by a single arioso, aria, duet or chorus. Persephone is a three act mel ...

The Rake's Progress (2011)

The devil is hard at work in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress! The three-act opera was premiered at Venice's La Fenice in 1951 and is whimsically staged and performed in this production from the 2010 Glyndebourne opera festival. ...

J’attends une femme (2010)

Waldbühne 2009 | Russian Rhythms (2009)

Every year, the Berliner Philharmoniker hold a kind of classical-music fête with a bright, cheerful concert to end the season. In 2009 about 22,000 people had come together at the Berlin Waldbühne to enjoy the traditional summer picnic concert. The theme ...

Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes: The Firebird / The Rite of Spring (2009)

Starvinsky's ballets The Firebird and The Rite of Spring in the restored original choresography by Michel Fokine (Firebird) and Vaslav Nijinsky (Rite of Spring). ...

Jewels (2005)

Jewels, ballet in three parts choreographed by George Balanchine for the New York City Ballet, recorded in October / November 2005 at the Opéra National de Paris. ...

Fantasia 2000 (2000)

Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts. ...

The Rake’s Progress (1996)

Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (1995)

This lavish, cinematic realisation of Stravinsky's neo-classic masterpiece, performed in English, is filmed both in studio and on location. The imaginative richness in the music is complemented by costumes and sets which are, by turn, exquisitely garish an ...

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1993)

The supremely world-weary Lemmy Caution, last seen in Godard's "Alphaville" (France/1965), has several strange encounters while trying to make his way from the former East Germany to "the west. ...

Sonst ist auch das Ende verdorben (1989)

Hamburg, May 1945, English troops occupy the city. The gates of the concentration camps open. The Germans speak of collapse and take care of everyday life. Only a few feel liberated and think of a new beginning. At the end there is a poem by Ingeborg Bachm ...

Noces (1989)

A filmed performance of Stravinsky's ballet Les Noces (The Wedding), depicting a bleakly cynical interpretation of the marriage ritual. ...

The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988)

Andreas Kartak, a homeless man living under the bridges of Paris, is lent 200 francs by a stranger as long as he promises to repay it to a local church when he can afford to. Kartak is determined to pay back his debt but circumstances, and his alcoholism, ...

The Death of a Government Clerk (1988)

Animation adapted from a short story by Anton Chekhov. A government clerk sneezes on a department general. Although the department general immediately dismisses the incident, the clerk cannot let it go. ...

The Rite of Spring (1987)

The Joffrey Ballet's 1987 production of Vaslav Nijinsky and Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring used reconstructions the original sets, costumes, and choreography from the 1913 production. ...

Ecos (1987)

The story of three women, of very different epochs, whose lives are strangely parallel. The first story, during colonial times, has a man brutalizing both his wife and a female black servant. Parallel with this story is that of a modern couple who perpetua ...

The Soldier's Tale (1984)

A soldier, returning home from war, chances upon a stranger who offers to buy his violin. The stranger is none other than the devil. ...

Quality Control (1984)

The Uppercrust (1981)

This film combines two very different styles: an atmospheric psycho thriller about the ice-cold hired gun (masterfully played by Frank Gorschin), and the bizarre satire of the Austrian TV serial "Kottan ermittelt". ...

The Rite of Spring (1978)

...Dancing to the border of exhaustion. Dressed in little, the black earth sticks to their skin. Yes, to the point where it hurts. A document of early Pina Bausch, an authentic recording of one of the most outstanding choreographies of the 20th century. ...

Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach (1977)

Petrushka (1976)

Scenes from the ballet Petrushka, performed by the Paris Opera Ballet at the National Opera Theatre. ...

Allegro non troppo (1976)

An enterprising producer believes he has hit upon a winning concept: a program of original animated shorts set to classical music. Undeterred by warnings that this has already been done by an American named 'Prisney,' he rallies an orchestra of geriatric w ...

Die Bettwurst (1971)

It is love at first sight: elderly secretary Luzi and young, unemployed Dietmar find each other by accident in Rosa von Praunheim's outrageous genre, social satire. ...

Noah and the Flood (1962)

In 1960 CBS commissioned renowned composer Igor Stravinsky to compose a new ballet composition, Noah and the Flood, that would be adapted for a TV special. The ballet told the story of Noah and the Flood with symbolic references to other biblical narrative ...

A Almadraba Atuneira (1961)

The life of tuna fishermen and their families during the fishing season on Pumpkin Island in Tavira (Algarve). The documentary depicts their fishing methods and their return home after fishing. This was the last activity of "frame" or "almadraba" tuna fish ...

Petroushka (1956)

An animated short of Igor Stravinsky's ballet Petroushka ...

The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955)

At a decrepit farm outside a remote American desert community, something takes over the minds of some of the local humans and animals and is able to see through their eyes and control their actions. ...

1941 (1941)

In December, 1941, using music by Stravinsky, this film provides a reaction to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. An egg is smashed by a hammer; red color with white and then blue dominates the frame. Blue paint runs; small bulbs float. The dark colors s ...

Fantasia (1940)

Walt Disney's timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience the excitement that is Fantasia over and over again. ...

Limite (1931)

Adrift in the vast expanse of the ocean, a solitary boat carries three castaways—a man and two women. Stranded and devoid of any glimmer of rescue, they find solace in recounting the tales of their lives to one another. As they delve into their personal ...

Stravinsky in Hollywood (2014)

STRAVINSKY IN HOLLYWOOD explores the short-lived film career of this legendary composer, it is the story of his trials and tribulations with the Hollywood Studios, the story of an old school European artist knocking heads with the brash New World. Igor Str ...

For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes (2009)

In the centenary year since the founding of the Ballets Russe, this documentary looks back at Sergei Diaghilev and the company he created, what they did and the influence they had, even a 100 years later. ...

The Memories of Angels (2008)

Documentary, poetry and essay rolled into one, this compilation of stockshots and clips sourced from NFB productions of the '50s and '60s offers a singular lesson in Montreal history - its famous figures, symbolic places, and ordinary citizens. Without com ...

Stravinsky: Once at a Border... (1982)

This autobiographical film about the most important and influential composer of the 20th century includes documents, photographs and film never seen publicly before. Stravinsky's three surviving children talk about their father and there are contributions ...

A Stravinsky Portrait (1967)

This documentary follows composer and conductor Igor Stavinsky at his home in California, in London, and in Hamburg where he conducts an orchestra rehearsal. Includes conversations with a variety of friends and musical collaborators. Includes footage of St ...

Stravinsky (1966)

This documentary is an informal portrait of the great modern composer Igor Stravinsky. Proudly American, though still very much an Old World figure with a long and alert memory for people and events in music, literature and art, Stravinsky is depicted here ...

The Creative Performer (1960)

Leornard Bernstein conducts the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, first with pianist Glenn Gould performing Bach's Keyboard Concerto #1 in D minor and then with soprano Eileen Farrell singing the "Suicidio!" aria from Amilcare Ponchielli 's opera "La Gioco ...