Movies and TvShows featuring "stravinsky" theme.

In 1920s Paris, Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky begin a passionate love affair while Stravinsky's wife is terminally ill. As they navigate their intense connection, their artistic worlds collide, leading to groundbreaking artistic endeavors.

In the spring of 1913, Parisian businessman Gabriel Astruc opens a new theater on the Champs Elysées. The first performance is the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring', danced by the Ballet Russes. The rehearsal process is extremely fraught: the orchestra dislike Stravinsky's harsh, atonal music; the dancers dislike the 'ugly' choreography of Vaslav Nijinsky. The volatile, bisexual Nijinsky is in a strained relationship with the much older Sergei Diaghilev, the Ballet Russes' charismatic but manipulative impresario. Public expectation is extremely high after Nijinsky's success in 'L'apres-midi d'un faune'. Finally, 'The Rite of Spring' premieres to a gossip-loving, febrile, fashion-conscious Parisian audience sharply divided as to its merits.

Igor: The Paris Years, one segment of a larger biographical program created for Channel 4 on the life and times of Igor Stravinsky, finds the brothers working in a slightly different vein than the one that would come to characterize their later work. This is the first section, which covers the pianist’s “French period” from roughly 1920-1939, and it details, among other things, his connection with Jean Cocteau (who, as a matter of fact, contributes voice work to this project). Filtered through gonzo and impressionistic puppetry (often bearing strong resemblance to the work of Terry Gilliam), the film takes an unconventional and often beautiful stab at the television biography special.

In 'Le Rossignol', a lonely Chinese fisherman discovers a supernatural nightingale whose beautiful singing captivates the Emperor. When a mechanical nightingale is presented to the Emperor, the real nightingale is expelled from the kingdom. Eventually, the Emperor falls ill and only the real nightingale's song can save him.

The Rake's Progress is a modern adaptation of Stravinsky's opera about a young man who inherits a fortune but succumbs to temptation and loses everything in the end.

Conduction is a documentary that explores the world of classical music through the eyes of a conductor. It delves into the life of the conductor, the challenges they face, and the art of conducting an orchestra. The film showcases the rehearsals, performances, and the passion behind classical music.