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With diversity moving into the mainstream and modern dance at a crossroads, pioneering artistic directors, choreographers, and dancers gather to explore the intersection between creative vision and cultural context in the art form. Among this series of demonstrations and interactive conversations, Thomas F. DeFrantz moderates a consideration of the living legacy of Pina Bausch and a celebration of the diversity of contemporary dance flourishing in Africa today. He is joined by Germaine Acogny and Malou Airuado, dancers from the company of The Rite of Spring, and others.

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Seasons of Dance: Contemporary Dance Salon

Park Avenue Armory

The late choreographer Pina Bausch asked her dancers this question in 1975, when she created her vision of The Rite of Spring, where a young woman is sacrificed so spring can arrive. Her pioneering work, one of the first that established her iconic approach to dance theater, is now being danced by a newly assembled company of dancers from more than a dozen African countries.

Choreographer, Dancer

Germaine Acogny

Events

Past events

Dec 3, 2023

Seasons of Dance: Contemporary Dance Salon · Park Avenue Armory

21 - 22 Oct, 2022

The Rite of Spring / common ground[s] · University Musical Society

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