Dancing Out of the Earth by Stravinsky
Series
Part I: L'Adoration de la Terre (Adoration of the Earth)
Dancing Out of the Earth
72" x 48" x 2
Acrylic + oil on Canvas DipTych
Listen
Listen from 14:03 to 15:36
With Permission: 2013 Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Recorded live in Roy Thompson Hall, December 4 & 6, 2008 www.tso.ca
Dancing Out of the Earth — Diptych
Diptych introduction The people break into a passionate dance, sanctifying the ground and becoming one with it. Rite of Spring turns pulse into steps; Paula sets a ring of figures over a faceted diamond of earth, planes converging at the center seam beneath a wide horizon. Rhythm becomes distance and weight: step, gather, rise. This is the moment when motion becomes blessing and the Dance of the Earth answers back.
End‑of‑Part‑I surge explained here: Cleveland Orchestra notes.
Left panel The dance enters from the side. Ground planes drive toward the seam; the ring leans forward, feet close to the soil. The central diamond concentrates attention, as if the earth were drawing breath. Cadence sits low—impact first, then release—energy collecting for the turn.
Right panel The field opens and lifts. The diamond facets read as updraft; the ring rides the tilt and gains altitude. Lines meet at the seam and flare toward the horizon. What began as weight shifts to radiance—the earth brightened by contact.
Diptych introduction The people break into a passionate dance, sanctifying the ground and becoming one with it. Rite of Spring turns pulse into steps; Paula sets a ring of figures over a faceted diamond of earth, planes converging at the center seam beneath a wide horizon. Rhythm becomes distance and weight: step, gather, rise. This is the moment when motion becomes blessing and the Dance of the Earth answers back.
End‑of‑Part‑I surge explained here: Cleveland Orchestra notes.
Left panel The dance enters from the side. Ground planes drive toward the seam; the ring leans forward, feet close to the soil. The central diamond concentrates attention, as if the earth were drawing breath. Cadence sits low—impact first, then release—energy collecting for the turn.
Right panel The field opens and lifts. The diamond facets read as updraft; the ring rides the tilt and gains altitude. Lines meet at the seam and flare toward the horizon. What began as weight shifts to radiance—the earth brightened by contact.
Listen to the TSO's full 2013 performance of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring:
