The Rite of Spring / common ground[s] by Stravinsky, Maifatova, dom 16 ott 2022, Da (2022/2022), Meridian Hall (Ex Sony Centre For The Performing Arts), Toronto, Canada

A Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sables, & Sadler’s Wells production. Pina Bausch The Rite of Spring Germaine Acogny & Malou Airaudo common ground[s] A Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sables & Sadler’s Wells production, co-produced with Théâtre de la Ville, Paris; Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg; Holland Festival, Amsterdam; Festspielhaus, St Pölten; Ludwigsburg Festival; Teatros del Canal de la Comunidad de Madrid, Adelaide Festival and Spoleto Festival dei 2Mondi. The project is funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation, the Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia, and the International Coproduction Fund of the Goethe-Institut, and kindly supported by the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. The Rite of Spring Choreography: Pina Bausch Music: Igor Stravinsky Set and costumes: Rolf Borzik Collaboration: Hans Pop World premiere: 3 December 1975, Opera House Wuppertal 2021 Restaging Artistic Director: Josephine Ann Endicott, Jorge Puerta Armenta, Clémentine Deluy\ Rehearsal Directors: Ditta Miranda Jasjfi and Çağdaş Ermiş, Barbara Kaufmann, Julie Shanahan, Kenji Takagi common ground[s] Co-choreographers and Dancers: Germaine Acogny, Malou Airaudo Composer: Fabrice Bouillon LaForest Costume Designer: Petra Leidner Lighting Designer: Zeynep Kepekli Dramaturg: Sophiatou Kossoko Dancers Rodolphe Allui Sahadatou Ami Touré Anique Ayiboe Korotimi Barro D'Aquin Evrard Élisée Bekoin Gloria Ugwarelojo Biachi Khadija Cisse Sonia Zandile Constable Rokhaya Coulibaly Inas Dasylva Astou Diop Serge Arthur Dodo Franne Christie Dossou Estelle Foli Aoufice Junior Gouri Luciény Kaabral Zadi Landry Kipre Bazoumana Kouyaté Profit Lucky Vuyo Mahashe Babacar Mané Vasco Pedro Mirine Stéphanie Mwamba Florent Nikiéma Shelly Ohene-Nyako Brian Otieno Oloo Harivola Rakotondrasoa Oliva Randrianasolo (Nanie) Asanda Ruda Amy Collé Seck Pacôme Landry Seka Gueassa Eva Sibi Carmelita Siwa Amadou Lamine Sow Didja Kady Tiemanta Aziz Zoundi From: The Rite of Spring 36 dancers from: Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Cabo Verde, Senegal, South Africa, Mali, Mozambique, D. R. Congo, Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Madagascar common ground[s] two dancers from: Senegal and Wuppertal The Rite of Spring / common ground[s] Pina Bausch / Germaine Acogny & Malou Airaudo “Gut-wrenching brilliance.” —The Guardian The Rite of Spring is a ballet and orchestral concert work by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky reported to have caused a riot when it first premiered in Paris in 1913. It is realized in this two-part programme by a first-time collaboration between the Pina Bausch Foundation (Germany), École des Sables (Senegal), the international centre for traditional and contemporary African dances, and Sadler’s Wells (UK). Pina Bausch’s seminal 1975 reimagining caused a stir in the dance world with its striking depiction of a “chosen one.” Now, Bausch’s choreography is danced by a newly assembled company of 36 dancers from African countries. Workshop auditions were held in Burkina Faso, Senegal, and the Ivory Coast, bringing together an expansive dance community. It will be restaged by past and present dancers of Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal. For common ground[s], Germaine Acogny, “the mother of contemporary African dance” and founder of École des Sables, unites with Malou Airaudo, a former member of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch who has performed central roles in many of Bausch’s pieces. Both are choreographers, professors, and mothers, and the duo’s poetic and tender piece examines their shared histories and emotional experiences.