Pina Bausch The Rite of Spring, an on-screen celebration
An up close and intimate portrayal of Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring on Digital Stage for a limited time only. Captured at Sadler’s Wells in 2024, the film celebrates the 50th anniversary of Pina Bausch’s seminal work.
The Rite of Spring is danced by a specially assembled company of dancers from the African continent with music by Stravinsky, in which a ‘chosen one’ is sacrificed changing the season from winter to spring.
The film release follows sell-out performances across the globe and coincides with the company’s appearance on stage at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the original venue for Stravinsky’s groundbreaking ballet in 1913.
The idea of ‘exchange’ is central in this collaboration between the Pina Bausch Foundation (Germany), École des Sables (Senegal) and Sadler’s Wells (UK).
Available until 8 December 2025.
Content Warning: This production features some nudity.
Credits
Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sable and Sadler’s Wells present
Pina Bausch The Rite of Spring
Dancers
Rodolphe Allui
Anique Ayiboe
Gloria Ugwarelojo Biachi
Sonia Zandile Constable
Rokhaya Coulibaly
Inas Dasylva
Astou Diop
Serge Arthur Dodo
Franne Christie Dossou
Yoro Fallet
Estelle Foli
Aoufice Junior Gouri
Manuella Hermine Kouassi
Bazoumana Kouyaté
Profit Lucky
Vasco Pedro Mirine
Stéphanie Mwamba
Florent Nikiéma
Shelly Ohene-Nyako
Brian Otieno Oloo
Tom Jules Samie
Amy Collé Seck
Pacome Landry Seka
Gueassa Eva Sibi
Carmelita Siwa
Amadou Lamine Sow
Didja Kady Tiemanta
Aziz Zoundi
Artistic Directors – Josephine Ann Endicott, Jorge Puerta Armenta
Rehearsal Directors – Clémentine Deluy, Çağdaş Ermiş, Ditta Miranda Jasjfi, Barbara Kaufmann, Julie Shanahan, Kenji Takagi
Head of Production – Adam Carrée
Production Manager/ Relighter – Marius Arnold-Clarke
Stage Manager – Emma Cameron
Company Manager – Laye Kane
Head of Stage – Jeffrey Mitchell
Head of Sound – Dan Harmer
Head of Lighting – Conner Sale
Wardrobe Manager – Anne-Marie Bigby
Osteopath: Alexandra Haydon
Film Production
Commissioned by Pina Bausch Foundation and Sadler’s Wells
Filmed by TMAX Productions
Edited by Florian Heinzen-Ziob
Artistic advisor – Jorge Puerta Armenta
Colour correction by Enno Endlicher
Sound mixing Karl Atteln
Produced by Fontäne Film Produktion
The Rite of Spring
Choreography – Pina Bausch
Music – Igor Stravinsky
Set and Costume Design – Rolf Borzik
Collaboration – Hans Pop
World Premiere – 3 December 1975, Opera House Wuppertal
Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage
Director of Digital Stage & Studio – Bia Oliveira
Senior Producer & Content Manager – Eithne Kane
Senior Content Manager – Jen Richards
Producer – Martina Ryholt
Video & Digital Specialist – Sarah Vaughan-Jones
Digital & Content Officer – Angharad Mainwaring
Marketing Consultant – Izzy Madgwick
The double-bill The Rite of Spring . common ground[s] is a Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sables and Sadler’s Wells production
Co-produced with Théâtre de la Ville, Paris; Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg; Holland Festival, Amsterdam; Festspielhaus, St Pölten; Ludwigsburg Festival; Teatros del Canal de la Comunidad de Madrid, Adelaide Festival and Spoleto Festival dei 2Mondi and kindly supported by the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.
Executive Producer – Suzanne Walker
Tour Producer – Aristea Charalampidou
Senior Producer – Rosalind Wynn
Assistant Producer – Ornella Salloum
Producing and Touring Assistant – Mathilde Navarro
Marketing Manager – Sam McAuley
Head of Media and Communications – Freddie Todd Fordham
Media Campaign Manager – Sophia Ikirmawi
Marketing and Communications Coordinator – Steven Lou
Further company dancers 2020-2025
Sahadatou Ami Touré, Korotimi Barro, D’Aquin Evrard Élisée Bekoin, Luciene Kaabral, Khadija Cisse, Alexandre Garcia, Zadi Landry Kipre, Babacar Mané, Vuyo Mahashe, Harivola Rakotondrasoa, Oliva Randrianasolo (Nanie), Asanda Ruda, Armel Gnago Sosso-Ny
Funded by
German Federal Cultural Foundation
Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia
International Coproduction Fund of the Goethe-Institut
Le Sacre Du Printemps
Performed by Pierre Boulez and The Cleveland Orchestra
Courtesy of Sony Classical
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
Music Courtesy of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited
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