Igor Stravinsky's ballet and orchestral work Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) will be presented at Ben Thanh Theatre on June 27.

The ballet by the famed Russian composer is about a young girl chosen as a sacrificial victim who dances herself to death after various primitive rituals celebrating the advent of spring.

The work's choreography is by French Jean-Claude Gallotta, director of the Grenoble National Choreographic Centre.

The ballet will be preceded by two short works Tunulte and Pour Igor.

The performance will begin at 8pm. The theatre is at 6 Mac Dinh Chi Street in District 1.

Tickets are VND80,000, VND100,000 and VND120,000, with a 50 per cent discount for students. They can be bought at IDECAF, 28 Le Thanh Ton Street, in District 1.-VNS