One hundred and thirteen years ago, a ballet shook the music and theatre world to its foundations: Le Sacre du printemps. Set to startling, rhythmical music, a young woman is chosen to dance herself to death as a sacrificial offer for a new spring.
Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe reinterprets this iconic work by composer Igor Stravinsky and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky and shines his contemporary light on the timeless theme of sacrifice and transformation.
As a reflection of Stravinsky’s ritualistic score, Lander Gyselinck composes and improvises compelling new music on drums and electronics. On stage, Meirhaeghe presents portraits of three women – performers Sophia Rodriguez, Charly Ange Fogaroli and Courtney May Robertson – whose lives in and out of the spotlight have, each in their own way, come at a price. a rite of spring promises to not only be a tribute to a classic but also a radical account of sacrifices women make today.
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director
- Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe
music
- Lander Gyselinck
performance
- Charly Ange Fogaroli
- Courtney May Robertson
- Sophia Rodriguez
- Lander Gyselinck
scenography
- Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe
image
- Mariana Rebola
- Elsa Rouy
- Sanam Khatibi
costume design
- Stefan Kartchev
light design
- Nicolaas de Rooij
light design assistance
- Tim Vermeulen
choreografische voorbereiding
- Shane Urton
dramaturgy
- Tom Swaak
outside eye
- Louise Van den Eede
production
- Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
coproduction
- Toneelhuis
with the support of
- Tax Shelter maatregel v/d Belgische Federale Overheid
