Stravinsky’s Petrushka: Between Dance and Tradition

Petrushka is pure magic—the puppet suddenly coming to life, brimming with charm, mischief, and touching awkwardness. Stravinsky creates a sonic theatre of wild inventiveness, fuelled by the audacity of his original collaborators—Fokine, Benois, Diaghilev—who dreamed of a spectacle blurring the lines between puppets and humans.