Talk:The Rite of Spring

Score changes

Can somebody please check if the two edits to scores (violin to cello and tuba to trombone) made on 11 March are correct? JennyOz (talk) 05:58, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Choreography "long believed lost"

It says Nijinsky's choreography was "long believed lost", then makes a suspiciously quick jump to talking about the Joffrey Ballet.

Unless we name the person who found Nijinsky's choreography, and say precisely where and when they found it, it's a safe bet that it was never found, and that the attempted re-creation was pure guesswork. TooManyFingers (talk) 21:14, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

Have you considered reading the article? This is thoroughly covered in the main text. Tim riley talk 06:10, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

300-year-old woman

How old is the old woman? Is a source such as this one good enough to source an age of 300? Martinevans123 (talk) 08:21, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

I think this is probably all right. The two-volume International Dictionary of Ballet says "The basis of the ballet is Stravinsky’s libretto, which describes an ancient Slavonic ritual. A 300-year-old woman consecrates the earth with a solemn kiss …." And Sally Banes says in Dancing Women: Female Bodies on Stage, "In the first act, the games and ceremonies of the groups of nameless, generalized young people – both youths and maidens – are framed by the entrances of two particularized elders, one of each gender: the 300-year-old Woman at the beginning and the male Sage (The Oldest and Wisest One) at the end." Pretty safe (if a touch ungallant) to give the lady's age, I'd say. Tim riley talk 12:27, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

Those two sources look stronger than my suggestion, so maybe we should use those? Martinevans123 (talk) 07:51, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

Good idea, I think. Tim riley talk 11:51, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

Have restored with place-holder refs. But not sure if it should be just a Note. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:50, 18 June 2026 (UTC)