Imagine yourself in Paris, May 29th 1913. The clock strikes 8:00 pm and the outrageous performance begins at Le theater des Champs-elysee. The audience begins angrily crying out, screaming, writhing, biting, tearing, pounding, in a tumultuous mass of self-destruction....Programs flutter around in the air. The music hardly audible above the shouting, crying, screaming of the audience. Back on stage, the choreographer calls out the cues to the dancers...
Rite of Spring was first performed 95 years to the day. Live Action Set collaborated with Myron Johnson of the Ballet of the Dolls to re-interpret this ground breaking work with fellow Twin Cities envelope pushers Zorongo Flamenco. Each company offered a unique view of the Stravinsky classic. From di Palma's passionate & innovative flamenco ballets to Live Action Set's profoundly engaging ensemble work to Ballet of the Dolls' fearless approach to the classics.
Music Excerpts: Stavinsky - "Rite of Spring", Steffen Schleiermacher - "Stille Und Klang", Friedrich Goldman - "sinfonie 3"
"astounding, profoundly disturbing, even brilliant at times in its singularly brutal way"
-Camille LeFevre, Star Tribune
Sarah Jacobs ......................... performer
Galen Treuer .......................... performer
Vanessa Voskuil .................... performer
Vanessa Voskuil .................... project director for Live Action Set
Noah Bremer ........................ artistic support
Megan Odell ......................... artistic support
John Koch .............................. video
Vanessa Voskuil ................... sound designer
Katherine Horowitz ............. assistant sound designer
Sarah Jacobs ......................... co-costume designer
Galen Treuer .......................... co-costume designer
Vanessa Voskuil .................... co-costume designer