The Rite of Spring was controversial due to its avant-garde music and choreography, which challenged traditional musical and ballet conventions of the time. The dissonant music and unconventional choreography led to a riot at its Paris premiere in 1913, with audience members expressing outrage and disrupting the performance.
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It's not written by Steven Sater. The original show is written by Frank Wekenind. It's controversial because of the subjects in it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Awakening
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In the spring of 1774, parliament passed yet another set of laws, this time to punish the colonist for the troubles in Boston and elsewhere.
Spring 2010 has arrived and passed at this point. Spring 2014 is only a few months away.
Leave the dead flower heads on all winter, prune after the risk of frost has passed in the spring.
I'm not sure if its the one you're thinking of, but the only 2 that spring to mind are "The Exorcist" and "The Exorcism of Emily Rose"
The most famous (and controversial) composition created by Stravinsky was a ballet entitled The Rite of Spring. He composed it in 1913 and it was based on old Russian pagan traditions.