common ground[s] by Germaine Acogny & Malou Airaudo; The Rite of Spring by Pina Bausch

Presented by Cal Performances

In this double-bill production, the Bay Area premiere of Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring is performed by an ensemble of more than 30 dancers from 14 African countries and assembled through a collaboration between the Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sables, and Sadler’s Wells. Stravinsky’s score takes on new meaning through visceral choreography as a “chosen one” is sacrificed.

The companion piece common ground[s], also in its Bay Area premiere, is a new duet co-created and danced by two septuagenarians—Germaine Acogny, known as the “mother of African contemporary dance,” and Malou Airaudo, a longtime dancer with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.

Join us for a post-performance moderated discussion on Fri 2/16 and post-performance community conversations on Sat & Sun, 2/17–18.

An Illuminations: “Individual & Community” event.

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City: Berkeley
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Program Items

Germaine Acogny, Malou Airaudo common ground[s]
Bausch The Rite of Spring

Zellerbach Hall

Zellerbach Hall

2430 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
United States