Sacrificial Dance
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Sacrificial Dance is the violently intense, climactic final section of Igor Stravinsky’s ballet *The Rite of Spring*, depicting a chosen maiden dancing herself to death in a pagan ritual.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet excerpt
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musical movement ⓘ orchestral piece ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Danse sacrale
NERFINISHED
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Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
dense orchestration
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extreme rhythmic complexity ⓘ frequent meter changes ⓘ high dynamic intensity ⓘ irregular accents ⓘ ostinato patterns ⓘ violent orchestral sonorities ⓘ |
| composer | Igor Stravinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
chosen maiden dancing herself to death
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human sacrifice ⓘ pagan ritual ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction | climactic finale of The Rite of Spring ⓘ |
| followsInWork | Ritual of the Ancestors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
20th-century classical music
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ballet music ⓘ |
| hasSubject | The Chosen One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
film and media scoring techniques for violent climaxes
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later 20th-century ballet music ⓘ |
| key | no fixed key center ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| movementNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on 20th-century rhythm in classical music
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innovative rhythmic structure ⓘ technical difficulty for orchestra ⓘ |
| orchestration | large symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| originalBalletCompany | Ballets Russes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalChoreographer | Vaslav Nijinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalConductor | Pierre Monteux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| partOf | The Rite of Spring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAct | Part II: The Sacrifice ⓘ |
| performanceContext |
concert performance of The Rite of Spring
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staged ballet performance of The Rite of Spring ⓘ |
| positionInWork | final section ⓘ |
| precedesInWork | none ⓘ |
| premieredAsPartOf | The Rite of Spring premiere in Paris ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 29 May 1913 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sectionOfScore | The Sacrifice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
modernist
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primitivist ⓘ |
| tempoCharacter | very fast and driving ⓘ |
| tonalLanguage | highly dissonant ⓘ |
| workTitle | Sacrificial Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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