Although many of the stories about the explosion that began 20th-century music may be apocryphal, The Rite of Spring most assuredly debuted under stressful circumstances. The music, the choreography, the audience, the dancers, the subject mattercontroversies abounded. But the young Stravinsky had nailed what was going to take unprecedented priority in music: rhythm. The suite from Alberto Ginasteras ballet Estancia has become an international hit, but the complete work is rarely performed. Its story, spanning a single day, tells of a city boy who falls for a ranchers daughter, set against the landscape of Argentinas disappearing gaucho culture. Opening the evening is a world premiere by Argentine composer Alex Nante, commissioned as part of the Pan-American Music Initiative.
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MILF And Cookies
Dynasty Typewriter (12/16 - 12/16) | |
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2 Pianos 4 Hands
North Coast Repertory Theatre (12/11 - 12/31) | |
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Disney's The Little Mermaid
Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center (1/9 - 1/11) BUY NOW & SAVE | |
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New Year's Eve with Varla Jean Merman
Diversionary Theatre (12/31 - 1/1) | |
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Ubu's Other Shoe Staged Reading: Love Alone
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (4/17 - 4/18) | |
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2025/2026 Season of Shows
LA MIRADA THEATRE (9/19 - 6/28) | |
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (3/25 - 3/29) | |
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A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
Golden West College Mainstage Theater (4/24 - 5/3) | |
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OUR TOWN
The Group Rep Theatre (11/21 - 12/21)
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Mrs Christmas
Aurora Theatre (11/28 - 12/21) | |
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