Sacre

Choreography Sasha Waltz
Music Igor Stravinsky »Le Sacre du printemps«
Cinematography Karsten Liske
Post Production: Simon Van Rompay

Filmed at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie Brussels in September 2013

Direction Choreography Sasha Waltz
Composition Igor Strawinsky
Musical Direction Franck Ollu
Costumes Bernd Skodzig
Stage Pia Maier, Schriever Sasha Waltz
Light Thilo Reuther
Repetition Antonio Ruz
Dance Choreography Israel Aloni, Liza Alpizar Aguilar, Jirí Bartovanec, Davide Camplani, Maria Marta Colusi, Claudia de Serpa Soares, Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola, Luc  Dunberry, Edivaldo Ernesto, Delphine Gaborit, Peggy Grelat-Dupont, Hwanhee Hwang, Sergiu Matis, Michal Mualem, Virgis Puodziunas, Sasa Queliz, Zaratiana Randrianantenaina, Orlando Rodriguez, Mata Sakka, Judith Sánchez Ruiz, Yael Schnell, Corey Scott-Gilbert, Sophia Sandig, László Sandig,  Xuan Shi, Joel Suárez Gómez, Antonios Vais, Niannian Zhou
Orchestra La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra

Sacre

»Sacre« is a production of Sasha Waltz & Guests co-produced by Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg and Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie, Brussels. Made in Radialsystem ®
Sasha Waltz & Guests is supported by Hauptstadtkulturfonds and Land Berlin.

Considered one of the key works of modernism, it is a hundred years after the genesis of Igor Stravinsky’s »Le Sacre du Printemps« that Sasha Waltz takes on the Mariinsky Theatre’s offer to engage with this extraordinary piece of musical and dance history. Its title translates to »The Rite of Spring«. The strikingly archaic, tension-charged and angular composition is characterised by a strongly emphasised rhythm, precipitous drops and a layering of constantly repeating musical motives. Its many almost noise-like dissonances and expressionist sonic feel have made the work one of the most famous pieces of music of the modern avant-garde.