Stravinsky’s Rite doesn’t begin—it erupts. A lone line rises like birdsong at the edge of winter, then rhythm takes the floor: asymmetry, pressure, sudden bloom. Premiered in 1913 for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes with choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky, Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps) shocked Paris and reshaped modern music and dance.
In this painting series, Paula Arciniega carries that charge into contemporary abstraction. Fractured color, sweeping gesture, and elemental heat translate pulse into form. Shards meet arcs; circles tighten, then open. The collection moves with nature’s cycle—destruction, renewal, rebirth—echoing the ritual that turns the season. It stands as both homage and statement: Stravinsky’s shock made visible in Paula’s voice, where rhythm clarifies, emotion holds its line, and emergence is given space. Spring here is not gentle; it is chosen.
Learn more: Boosey & Hawkes — Work page · PBS Keeping Score overview · V&A — Ballets Russes primer
In this painting series, Paula Arciniega carries that charge into contemporary abstraction. Fractured color, sweeping gesture, and elemental heat translate pulse into form. Shards meet arcs; circles tighten, then open. The collection moves with nature’s cycle—destruction, renewal, rebirth—echoing the ritual that turns the season. It stands as both homage and statement: Stravinsky’s shock made visible in Paula’s voice, where rhythm clarifies, emotion holds its line, and emergence is given space. Spring here is not gentle; it is chosen.
Learn more: Boosey & Hawkes — Work page · PBS Keeping Score overview · V&A — Ballets Russes primer
