Pina Bausch / Germaine Acogny The Rite of Spring / PHILIPS 836 887 DSY / Homage to the Ancestors
On tour
A triple bill of works by Pina Bausch and Germaine Acogny.
Pina Bausch’s solo PHILIPS 836 887 DSY and The Rite of Spring join Germaine Acogny’s solo, Homage to the Ancestors to create an electric evening of works never seen together before.
The Rite of Spring will be danced by a specially assembled company of dancers from African countries. Faithful to Stravinsky’s composition, this seminal work examines unyielding ritual, with the sacrifice of a ‘chosen one’ changing the season from winter to spring.
Performed by Eva Pageix, PHILIPS 836 887 DSY is a rarely performed solo created by Pina Bausch in 1971 to the music of French electronic composer Pierre Henry. Originally danced by Pina Bausch herself, the piece is one of her very first choreographies. The title refers to the label and catalogue number of the initial LP release in 1969 of Henry’s 1955 composition Spirale.
Homage to the Ancestors, choreographed and danced by Germaine Acogny, draws on the culture of respect for ancestors in Africa, the feeling of being in contact still and being guided and protected by them. For Germaine, the dead are not dead, they are in the wind, in the flowers, in the water. They are with us. She pays tribute to them through her dance, her body speaking with great sensitivity, making us feel the connection with them.
Touring calendar
| 28 Oct – 2 Nov 2024 | Nicosia Theatre | Nicosia, Cyprus | Tickets here |
| 15 -17 Nov 2024 | SIDC Grand Theatre | Shanghai, China | Tickets here |
Get in touch
If you’re interested in booking this production for a venue or festival, we’d love to hear from you.
Bia Oliveira
Head of Producing & Touring
bia.oliveira@sadlerswells.com
Aristea Charalampidou
Tour Producer
aristea.charalampidou@sadlerswells.com
The Rite of Spring
Choreography: Pina Bausch
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Set and Costumes: Rolf Borzik
Collaboration: Hans Pop
World Premiere: 3 December 1975, Opera House Wuppertal
2021 Restaging
Artistic Directors: Jo Ann Endicott, Jorge Puerta Armenta, Clémentine Deluy
Rehearsal Directors: Ditta Miranda Jasjfi, Çağdaş Ermiş, Barbara Kaufmann, Julie Shanahan, Kenji Takagi
PHILIP 836 887 DSY
Choreography: Pina Bausch
Music: Pierre Henry
World Premiere: 1971
Homage to the Ancestors
Choreography: Germaine Acogny
Music: Fabrice Bouillon
World Premiere: 2023
A Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sables & Sadler’s Wells production, co-produced with Théâtre de la Ville, Paris; Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg; Holland Festival, Amsterdam; Festspielhaus, St Pölten;Ludwigsburg Festival;Teatros del Canal de la Comunidad de Madrid, Adelaide Festivaland Spoleto Festival dei 2Mondi.
The project is funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation, the Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia, and the International Coproduction Fund of the Goethe-Institut, and kindly supported by the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.