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École des Sables in Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring

Germaine Acogny and Malou Airaudo in Common Ground(s)

Von Kathy Elgin, 19 August 2023

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“The antagonism between the sexes was palpable, as was the fear among the girls”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, am 17 August 2023

Le Sacre du printemps (Pina Bausch)

common ground(s) (Germaine Acogny, Malou Airaudo)

Rolf Borzik, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Zeynep Kepekli, Licht

Petra Leidner, Kostüme

Sophiatou Kossoko, Dramaturgie

Germaine Acogny, Tanz

Malou Airaudo, Tanz

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Kathy Elgin

After a career in publishing, Kathy Elgin turned her enthusiasm for dance into a real job by joining the late, great John Percival, Dance Critic of The Times, in his re-launch of Dance and Dancers magazine in 1981. She was later delighted to join its rival, The Dancing Times, as Scottish correspondent until the magazine’s sad demise in 2022. She lives in Edinburgh.