RITE & REVOLUTION
       
     
"A phenomenal fusion with Elstermann's art."
       
     
"Broad, programmatic phrases summoned distance and wonder."
       
     
"Blue light and a flurry of graceful bodies down the aisles broke the fourth wall."
       
     
"A carpet bag centre-stage acted as a memento mori — a symbol of fate."
       
     
"As if to mirror Stravinsky, an outsider was drawn from the corps, buffeted from pillar to post."
       
     
"The traveller by turns aided and hindered, walking as if on air over dreamlike tones from the orchestra."
       
     
"WAYO recreated the sound most brilliantly: with abundant style and panache."
       
     
"What a collaboration!"
       
     
THE RITE OF SPRING
       
     
"Radical choreography to refresh a classical staple."
       
     
"Trampolines. So left of centre, so abstract, so clever, so perfect."
       
     
"Elstermann utilised the brutal architecture of the Perth Concert Hall to achieve a very similar result. He took it one step further: he left the audience scared to take another breath."
       
     
"Exhilaration and mystery played out in equal parts against a massive orchestral palette."
       
     
"A languid opening belied the explosion to follow, channelling the revolutionary impact of the original Paris season in 1913."
       
     
"That is what Scott did to validate the intensity of Part 2: The Sacrifice. He let us see, and fear the sight of her very last breath."
       
     
"Six trampolines on the apron stage lent energy and elevation to six ballerinas whose gawky, angular movement mirrored the music."
       
     
"Melodrama enacted high in the choir stalls drew a huge ovation to close out the night."
       
     
RITE & REVOLUTION
       
     
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RITE & REVOLUTION

Rites, rituals & revolutions. Uniting movement and music in an empowering collaboration, choreographer Scott Elstermann joins forces with the West Australian Youth Orchestra for Rite & Revolution, a symbiotic exploration of movement and sonority.

A choreographed dance ensemble brings to life accomplished Western Australian composer Rebecca Erin Smith’s Foreigner or Foreigner and Igor Stravinsky’s masterwork The Rite of Spring. The concert also featured Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Hiawatha Overture, Op.30, placing a contemporary perspective on historically pivotal work.

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PREMIERE

Perth Concert Hall, Perth, January 22 2022

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CAST AND CREATIVES

Choreographer: Scott Elstermann

Dancers: Briannah Davis, Ellie Matzer, Jo Omodei, Meg Scheffers, Giorgia Schijf, Ella Watson-Heath

Conductor: Jon Tooby

Compositions: Foreigner or Foreigner by Rebecca Erin Smith, The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky, Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture by Pytor Tchaikovsky and Hiawatha Overture, Op.30 by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Photography: Edify Media

Thank you to WA Youth Orchestra, Ben Burgess, Rebecca Smith, Elisa Vasilas, Breanna Evangelista, Yilin Kong and Kimberley Parkin

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"A phenomenal fusion with Elstermann's art."
       
     
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"A phenomenal fusion with Elstermann's art."

David Cusworth, The West Australian

"Broad, programmatic phrases summoned distance and wonder."
       
     
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"Broad, programmatic phrases summoned distance and wonder."

David Cusworth, The West Australian

"Blue light and a flurry of graceful bodies down the aisles broke the fourth wall."
       
     
+
"Blue light and a flurry of graceful bodies down the aisles broke the fourth wall."

David Cusworth, The West Australian

"A carpet bag centre-stage acted as a memento mori — a symbol of fate."
       
     
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"A carpet bag centre-stage acted as a memento mori — a symbol of fate."

David Cusworth, The West Australian

"As if to mirror Stravinsky, an outsider was drawn from the corps, buffeted from pillar to post."
       
     
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"As if to mirror Stravinsky, an outsider was drawn from the corps, buffeted from pillar to post."

David Cusworth, The West Australian

"The traveller by turns aided and hindered, walking as if on air over dreamlike tones from the orchestra."
       
     
+
"The traveller by turns aided and hindered, walking as if on air over dreamlike tones from the orchestra."

David Cusworth, The West Australian

"WAYO recreated the sound most brilliantly: with abundant style and panache."
       
     
+
"WAYO recreated the sound most brilliantly: with abundant style and panache."

Mitch Ladyman Ink blog

"What a collaboration!"
       
     
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"What a collaboration!"

Mitch Ladyman Ink blog

THE RITE OF SPRING
       
     
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THE RITE OF SPRING

Composition by Igor Stravinsky

"Radical choreography to refresh a classical staple."
       
     
+
"Radical choreography to refresh a classical staple."

David Cusworth, The West Australian

"Trampolines. So left of centre, so abstract, so clever, so perfect."
       
     
+
"Trampolines. So left of centre, so abstract, so clever, so perfect."

Mitch Ladyman Ink blog

"Elstermann utilised the brutal architecture of the Perth Concert Hall to achieve a very similar result. He took it one step further: he left the audience scared to take another breath."
       
     
+
"Elstermann utilised the brutal architecture of the Perth Concert Hall to achieve a very similar result. He took it one step further: he left the audience scared to take another breath."

Mitch Ladyman Ink blog

"Exhilaration and mystery played out in equal parts against a massive orchestral palette."
       
     
+
"Exhilaration and mystery played out in equal parts against a massive orchestral palette."

David Cusworth, The West Australian

"A languid opening belied the explosion to follow, channelling the revolutionary impact of the original Paris season in 1913."
       
     
+
"A languid opening belied the explosion to follow, channelling the revolutionary impact of the original Paris season in 1913."

David Cusworth, The West Australian

"That is what Scott did to validate the intensity of Part 2: The Sacrifice. He let us see, and fear the sight of her very last breath."
       
     
+
"That is what Scott did to validate the intensity of Part 2: The Sacrifice. He let us see, and fear the sight of her very last breath."

Mitch Ladyman Ink blog

"Six trampolines on the apron stage lent energy and elevation to six ballerinas whose gawky, angular movement mirrored the music."
       
     
+
"Six trampolines on the apron stage lent energy and elevation to six ballerinas whose gawky, angular movement mirrored the music."

David Cusworth, The West Australian

"Melodrama enacted high in the choir stalls drew a huge ovation to close out the night."
       
     
+
"Melodrama enacted high in the choir stalls drew a huge ovation to close out the night."

David Cusworth, The West Australian