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What happens to the Chosen One in the story of The Rite of Spring?
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Igor Stravinsky
Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky, c. 1920.
In the ballet The Rite of Spring, composed by Igor Stravinsky, the narrative centers on a pagan ritual. In the second part of the work, titled The Sacrifice, the community selects a young woman to be the "Chosen One." To appease the gods and ensure the return of spring, she is compelled to perform a final, exhausting "Sacrificial Dance" until she dies.1