Rite Art

Directed by Vincent Rommelaere – www.wallabyway.com

Taken from both the BBC’s “Riot at the Rite” and Janos Darvas’ 2001 Documentary on Igor Stravinsky, an interesting accuracy as to what transpired between Sergei Diaghilev, owner of The Ballet Russes who would be dancing to the piece, and the composer who would, with this composition, change the direction of classical music at the first playing of the piece. This was 1913 and these men were in their 20′s. Diaghilev’s company of course went on to perform Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) to this shocking music which was exacerbated further by the incredibly advanced choreography of Vaslav Nijinsky, the Ballet Russes star who would from then on be considered out of his mind when he was merely years ahead of his time. Stravinsky, conversely, emerged a genius. Fatova Mingus.

The Rite of Spring from Disney’s Fantasia. Stravinsky’s omonimous score was supposed to be about primitive human rituals, but Disney’s animators took a completely different inspiration from it and decided to tell the history of Earth up to the extinction of the dinosaurs. The combination of music and animation is perfect. This first part shows the evolution of Earth before the appearance of life. Please comment and rate. Thanks. Update: No creationism vs evolutionism discussions here. You can say what you think in the “IMVHO” form. In any case, this page is about Fantasia, Disney, Animation, Art and how awesome dinosaurs are.