THE RITE OF SPRING
POLISH NATIONAL BALLET (2011)
Choreography & LightsEmanuel Gat
StagingMia Alon, Roy Assaf, Michael Loehr
MusicIgor Stravinsky
ConductorŁukasz Borowicz
Technical SupervisionSamson Milcent
PerformersRobert Bondara, Marta Fiedler, Alexandra Liashenko, Izabela Szylinska, Kurusz Wojénski
ProductionTeatr Wielki / Polish National Ballet
World Premiere11 June 2011 – Teatr Wielki, Warsaw, Poland
Original Production
THE RITE OF SPRING
ProductionEmanuel Gat Dance
Co-ProductionThe Suzanne Dellal Centre Tel Aviv, Festival Uzès Danse, Monaco Dance Forum. With the help of the Dellal foundation, Théâtre de l'Olivier Istres, Ballet Monte-Carlo, Foundation of Philippe de Rothschild
World Premiere17 June 2004 – Festival Uzès Danse, Cour de l'Évêché, Uzès, France
PhotographyEwa Krasucka
The Israeli choreographer Emanuel Gat reimagines a Russian ritual through the rhythm of salsa. [...] The integration of salsa’s stylistic nuances with Stravinsky’s music is impressive. [...] Ultimately, it becomes a showcase, focused on celebrating the elegance of movement and the perfection of dance.
Emanuel Gat ostentatiously strips The Rite of Spring of its narrative—and yet the orchestra roars, the music reverberates once again through the National Opera House. [...] The most happens in the minds, in the hearts, in the music. In the deviations from the strong convention.