Two people stand against an orange background wearing black clothes.
In this double-bill production, the Bay Area premiere of Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring is performed by an ensemble of more than 30 dancers from 14 African countries and assembled through a collaboration between the Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sables, and Sadler’s Wells. Stravinsky’s score takes on new meaning through visceral choreography as a “chosen one” is sacrificed.
The companion piece common ground[s], also in its Bay Area premiere, is a new duet co-created and danced by two septuagenarians—Germaine Acogny, known as the “mother of African contemporary dance,” and Malou Airaudo, a longtime dancer with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.
Join us for a post-performance moderated discussion on Fri 2/16 and post-performance community conversations on Sat & Sun, 2/17–18. An Illuminations: “Individual & Community” event.
ADA-accessible venue.
Audio description will be provided for this performance.
Tickets: $38 - $86