A rite of spring

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.