The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky is by far one of my favorite. It’s a piece that breaks the traditional classical ballet and has defined contemporary music. It is one of his many ballets that was first preformed in 1913. It is a fantasy version of a pagan Russian pagan ritual. Stravinsky was quoted depicting the piece as “…the wise elders are seated in a circle and are observing the dance before death of the girl whom they are offering as a sacrifice to the god …