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Royal Albert Hall, LondonA straw poll of those queuing enthusiastically to hear all Stravinsky's ballet scores at this year's Proms would probably show that many had never seen one danced on stage. Here's the paradox: while it is entirely possible to become absorbed by the drama of The Rite of Spring and Petrushka as seen in the mind's eye, the later ballets are harder to connect with – even though their relative abstraction should by rights make them better suited to the concert hall.O...

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