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Watch one of today's most famous and most arresting contemporary ballets: Pina Bausch's The Rite of Spring, set to Stravinsky's music. Here's a snippet from a 2011 performance with Ruth Cruz Amarante as the chosen one. https://bit.ly/48d8MSy | medici.tv

We can’t wait to share this with you. Here is a first look at Pina Bausch’s iconic The Rite of Spring as you have never seen it before… ❤️ “When I heard the Stravinsky music, I felt it was an African rite,” says Germaine Acogny, co-founder of the École des Sables in Senegal, where a specially assembled company of dancers from 14 African countries rehearsed Pina Bausch’s work in an extraordinary outdoor setting, just before the world went into lockdown, in preparation for an international tour. W