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"The Stravinsky's ballet "The Sacred Spring" took a significant place in the creative biography of Roerich. As one of the authors of the idea of this ballet, Roerich took part in its creation both as a librettist and as a theater artist. Four times – in the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s and 1940s – he turned to the design of this ballet for theaters in Paris, London, Philadelphia, Milan, and Stockholm".

E. Yakovleva. "The Theatrical and Decorative Art of N.K. Roerich".

"The second staging of "The Spring" – in 1930 in New York with Stokovsky and Myasin", as N.K. Roerich wrote. – "From the very beginning, the ballet was conceived as a one-act performance, designed for "a maximum of forty minutes"". According to Roerich, this thing was supposed to be "The first attempt, without a definite dramatic plot, to provide the reproduction of antiquity". "I want to depict, the artist said, how at a light summer night, on top of the sacred hill – a stone labyrinth known in the historical science – a number of ritual Old Slavonic dances take place, ending with a sacrifice".

E. Yakovleva. "The Theatrical and Decorative Art of N.K. Roerich".

"II. A Great sacrifice. After the day and after midnight. Sworn stones lie on the hills".

Letter of N.K. Roerich to S.P. Dyagilev dated May 8, 1913.