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."
       
     
THE RITE OF SPRING
       
     
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THE RITE OF SPRING

New life is breathed into Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring in an empowering collaboration of movement and music with the West Australian Youth Orchestra. This seminal work and the word 'spring' are reimagined as a mechanical structure, transporting dancers onto mini aerobic trampolines to fly through the air and amplify Stravinsky’s score to unseen heights.

Length: 40 minutes

Commissioned by the WA Youth Orchestra for Rite and Revolution

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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

Composer: Igor Stravinsky

Conductor: Jon Tooby with the WA Youth Orchestra

Photography: Edify Media

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

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

David Cusworth, The West Australian

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