BRINGING NEW SHOCK VALUE TO ‘SACRE’

The outrage that greeted the first performances of the Stravinsky/Nijinsky collaboration ‘The Rite of Spring’ has never been equalled, and the ballet, credited with reinventing both musical and dance forms, has become nearly as innocuous a piece of the standard repertoire as ‘Swan Lake.’ So what can a forward-thinking company do to breathe new life into a work that was designed to shock and surprise? Chicago’s Joffrey has some ideas. Chicago Tribune 10/07/01