Africa: The Cross-Africa Dance Company Bringing New Life to Pina Bausch’s Rite of Spring

[The Conversation Africa] At its premiere in 1913, Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky's Rite of Spring shocked audiences and divided critics. The ballet centred around a straightforward yet brutal narrative - a community selects a sacrificial victim, a virgin who will be martyred to their fertility god to secure a good harvest. The plot, however, was not what scandalised Parisian theatregoers.

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