A strange, bewitching ceremony took place this weekend at Zellerbach Hall. 17 stagehands marched onstage at the show’s intermission, ripped up the gray Marley floor, unfurled a massive dusty black ...
Lucy Weir receives funding from The Leverhulme Trust. The ballet became a symbol of modernity, a bold vision of the future that was steeped in a global heritage. Sixty years later, in the German city ...
For dancer Anique Ayiboe, entering the world of “The Rite of Spring” has been a journey of discovery. The Togolese dancer, who has been traveling and performing with the renowned Pina Bausch ...
Phoenix Dance Company are one of the leading exponents of contemporary dance. Phoenix Dance Theatre present a culturally distinctive 21st century re-working of the iconic ballet, The Rite of Spring.
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. In her adaptation, Meredith Cabaniss creates a new and refreshing take on the ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick In a Dance Reflections program, Malou Airaudo and Germaine Acogny’s duet “common ground[s]” precedes Pina Bausch’s “Rite.” By Gia ...
Performances in N.Y.C. A company of dancers from across Africa perform Bausch’s canonical work around the world. “I’ve always felt that this was an African dance,” said Germaine Acogny. Dancers, drawn ...
Chinese dance legend and renowned choreographer Yang Liping brings her stunning reimagining of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring to Stanford Live in its U.S premiere. A product of her native Chinese culture ...
In 1913, Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring and Nijinsky’s choreography for Ballet Russes nearly caused a riot in Paris. The music, with its jarring experiments in meter, tonality and dissonance, ...