RITES, RHYTHM…RIOT!

                 
                     Perelman Theater - Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
                                                  April 28-29, 2011

                                              300 South Broad Street
                                                              Philadelphia, PA 19102

The world premiere of a new one-act, vaudeville-style opera, Danse Russe, with music by Pulitzer-prize winning composer Paul Moravec, based on an original libretto created by Wall Street Journal drama critic and biographer Terry Teachout. Danse Russe tells the story of the creation of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring through the eyes of its creators: Diaghilev, Nijinsky, Monteux and, of course, Stravinsky.

This new chamber opera is being paired with the Philadelphia premieres of Stravinsky's short chamber opera Renard (The Fox) and his ballet Ragtime. CCOT will collaborate with award-winning Orchestra 2001 and the Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers (KYLD), a nationally recognized contemporary dance company based in Philadelphia.

• Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers
  
• Orchestra 2001, Andrew M. Kurtz conductor
  
• Terry Teachout
  Libretto
• Paul MoravecMusic