The Rite of Spring gains a whole new dimension with École des Sables

École des Sables in Pina Bausch's The Rite of Spring

École des Sables in Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring

Germaine Acogny and Malou Airaudo in Common Ground(s)

By Kathy Elgin, 19 August 2023

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

Reviewed at Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh on 17 August 2023

Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) (Pina Bausch)

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

Rolf Borzik, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Zeynep Kepekli, Lighting Designer

Petra Leidner, Costume Designer

Sophiatou Kossoko, Dramaturgy

Germaine Acogny, Dancer

Malou Airaudo, Dancer

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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.