Although the audience booed the performance, it is still considered the birth of modern ballet, fundamentally altering the rhythmic structure of the music and dance. The vision about ancient Russian pagan rituals enchants viewers to this day.

The Firebird, presented in 1910 with Mikhail Fokin’s choreography is one of the most popular and most often played ballet compositions, which influenced the work of a number of composers from the beginning. The work uses classic elements of European and Russian folk tales and folk music motifs and is about the eternal conflict between good and evil.

The performance of the two traditional masterpieces by The Moscow Classical Ballet to promote Hungarian-Russian cultural relations can be seen at the Margaret Island Open-air Stage. The company is in excellent condition and will perform for the first time at the Budapest Summer Festival. The authentic choreography by two previous stars of the great Russian ballet school, the Bolshoi, Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasilyov incorporates folk dance elements and has traveled around the world in past decades.

Igor Stravinsky – Natalia Kasatkina, Vladimir Vasilyov:

The Rite of Spring / Firebird - A magical rite and story about love.

A Russian classical ballet

Date and time: 27 June (Friday) 2014, 8 pm
Venue: Margaret Island

Presentation by the Moscow Classical Ballet

Source and tickets: szabadter.hu