The Rite of Spring On-Screen

A season finale of bold contrasts and artistic innovation, The Rite of Spring On-Screen brings music, film, and dance together in a dynamic conclusion. The program opens with Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration, a profound depiction of life’s final journey. We welcome back Curtis Stewart, the 2025\2026 Joyce C. Willis Artist in Residence to perform The Famous People, his reimagination of Dvorák’s Slavonic Dances through African American musical traditions, creating a bold fusion of styles.

The evening culminates in Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, performed alongside Martha Graham’s 1990 ballet film. Graham’s choreography offers an American perspective on this groundbreaking work, adding new layers of intensity and movement.

You may also like the following events from Hartford Symphony Orchestra:

• Next month, 26th September, 08:00 pm, Gershwin, Marsalis & Bartók in Hartford
• This October, 17th October, 08:00 pm, Beethoven & Sibelius in Hartford
• This October, 25th October, 07:30 pm, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas in Hartford

Also check out other Arts events in Hartford, Entertainment events in Hartford.