Nijinsky's Crime Against Grace : Reconstruction Score of the Original Choreography for Le Sacre Du Printemps

Preface vii(20) Acknowledgments xxvii Act I: The Kiss of the Earth 1(124) Introduction 2(1) Scene 1: Augers of Spring/Dance of the Maidens 2(38) Scene 2: Ritual of Abduction 40(23) Scene 3: Spring Rounds 63(16) Scene 4: Ritual of the Rival Tribes 79(19) Scene 5: Procession of the Sage 98(7) Scene 6: Adoration of the Earth/The Sage 105(3) Scene 7: Dance of the Earth 108(16) Selected reconstruction drawings reproduced in full color 124a(1) Act II: The Sacrifice 125(78) Introduction 126(1) Scene 1: Mystic Circles of the Maidens 126(12) Scene 2: Glorification of the Chosen One 138(10) Scene 3: Evocation of the Ancestors 148(6) Scene 4: Ritual Action of the Ancestors 154(12) Scene 5: Sacrificial Dance 166(35) Caption References in Reconstruction Score 201(2) Bibliography 203