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The Rite of Spring / common ground[s]

Opening Date: Nov 29, 2023

Closing Date: Dec 14, 2023

Running Time: 01:35

The Rite of Spring / common ground[s]
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Park Avenue Armory

643 Park Avenue New York, NY 10065

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“How would you dance, if you knew you were going to die?” This is the central question asked by the late choreographer Pina Bausch of her dancers in 1975 when she created her seminal work The Rite of Spring, which examines unyielding ritual when the sacrifice of a “chosen one” changes the season from winter to spring. This pioneering work, establishing her iconic approach, has gone on to become one of the 20th century’s most significant and important bodies of dance theatre. Faithful to Stravinsky’s visceral score, Bausch’s monumental choreography is given a thrilling new life by a specially assembled company of 36 dancers from 14 African countries. Danced on a peat-covered stage, they clash and engage in a wild and poetic struggle of life, ritual and sacrifice that pays tribute to her unparalleled genius.

Rite is paired with a new work created, performed and inspired by the lives of two remarkable choreographers, professors and grandmothers: Germaine Acogny, the founder of the Senegalese company École des Sables who is widely considered to be “the mother of contemporary African dance,” and Malou Airuado, who performed leading roles in many of Bausch’s early works as a member of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. This poetic and tender antidote to Rite reflects their shared histories, emotional experiences and common ground.
Age Guidance

Age Guidance: 12

Show Notes

Show Notes: 1 intermission

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Masks are optional but encouraged.

Performance Schedule:

MONDAY-THURSDAY @ 7:30 PM
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM
No performance November 30, December 4, 5 & 10

Music

Igor Stravinsky & Fabrice Bouillon LaForest

Choreography

Pina Bausch, Germaine Acogny & Malou Airaudo

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Directions Bus

Take Lexington Avenue M101, 102, or 103 (Limited or Local) to 68th Street

Directions Subway

* Take the #6 subway to 68th Street/Hunter College, walk one block west and one block south * Take the F train to 63rd Street and Lexington Avenue, walk three blocks north and one block west

Elevator\Escalator

The Park Avenue entrance of the Armory with its interior and exterior stairs pose obstacles to access that the Conservancy intends to resolve in the upcoming renovation. In the meantime, we are committed to improving access for visitors who have trouble climbing stairs.

Entrance

The Park Avenue entrance of the Armory with its interior and exterior stairs pose obstacles to access that the Conservancy intends to resolve in the upcoming renovation. In the meantime, we are committed to improving access for visitors who have trouble climbing stairs.

Parking

67th Street between 3rd and Lex: Westminster Garage 166 East 67th Street 67th St and Second Avenue Garage 254 East 67th Street 69 East LLC – Kingdom Parking 200 East 69th Street Central Parking System 250 East 67th Street (Saturday Evenings) 200 East 65th Street Kinney System, Inc. 222 East 65th Street

Telephone

On the north side of that doorway, we have installed an easily reachable intercom that rings the 24/7 Conservancy security staff who will respond immediately and assist all visitors to their event. Arrangements can also be made prior to your arrival by calling the main security desk at (212) 616-3950, extension 1.

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By Subway:

* Take the #6 subway to 68th Street/Hunter College, walk one block west and one block south * Take the F train to 63rd Street and Lexington Avenue, walk three blocks north and one block west

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By Bus:

Take Lexington Avenue M101, 102, or 103 (Limited or Local) to 68th Street