Ballet Moscow

Summer, Winter and the Rite of Spring

Commissioned by Ballet Moscow in 2021, this 90-minute piece reimagines the tribal community of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring as a post-apocalyptic rural Russian community in an unspecified future.

The ballet moves through summer and winter in this community, climaxing with a full performance of a new Rite of Spring ballet by Arthur Pita, ending with the dawn after the sacrifice.

Stravinsky's score is presented in full, as a standalone section, framed by new music to hold the expanded narrative. 

Director and Choreographer Arthur Pita 

Music Frank Moon 

Design Yann Seabra