a rite of spring

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a rite of spring

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a rite of spring

Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe & Lander Gyselinck

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New music, new staging, new sacrifices

113 years ago, one ballet shook the music and theatre world to its very foundations: Le Sacre du printemps. To shocking, rhythmic music, a young woman was chosen to dance herself to death as a sacrifice for a new spring. Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe reinterprets this iconic piece by composer Igor Stravinsky and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky and sheds his contemporary light on the timeless theme of sacrifice and transformation. As a mirror image of Stravinsky's ritual score, Lander Gyselinck composes and improvises rousing new music on drums and electronics. On stage, Meirhaeghe shows portraits of three women – performers Sophia Rodriguez, Charly Ange Fogaroli and Courtney May Robertson – who each have to pay a price in their lives in and out of the spotlight. a rite of spring promises not only to be a tribute to a classic, but also a radical account of female sacrifices today.

In coproduction with Toneelhuis

With the support of the Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government.


The creators

Team

  • Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe

    Direction

  • Lander Gyselinck

    Music

  • Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe

    Set

  • Tom Swaak

    Dramaturgy

Cast

  • Charly Ange Fogaroli

    Performance

  • Courtney May Robertson

    Performance

  • Sophia Rodriguez

    Performance

  • Lander Gyselinck

    Music



Dates and tickets

From €20

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