Mariinsky Ballet's 'Rite of Spring': Ode to the human savage, still untamed

For the dancers of the Mariinsky Ballet, the unearthly demands of classical technique come easily: the elegant hypermobility, the suppleness, the pointework. Grace is their default mode.But when it comes to the knock-kneed stomping and hunchbacked writhing in "The Rite of Spring," they need cheat sheets. It's the only way they can learn how to count out the roaring discord of Stravinsky's music.