Compagnie Marie Chouinard Le Sacre du Printremps

In Marie Chouinard s work, The Rite of Spring occupies a special position. In choosing to reexamine this powerful hymn to life, she has created her first choreography based on a musical score. Igor Stravinsky s. The Rite of Spring explores a New World and marks the entry of dance into modernity. In this avantgarde work, Marie Chuinard again finds an original pulsation that is essential to her movement. Far from contradicting the rhythm of her dance, the cadence and force of the music inspire, accompany and energize her, forming both the echo and the musical counterpoint of an organic, vigourous and vivid choreography. For Marie Chouinard, all forms are the movement through space of a specific vital energy. Unlike previous choreographers working with Stravinsky s piece, she constructed her Rite around solos, seeking to awaken in strong, clear movements the intimate mystery of each dancer. There is no story in my Rite, she explains, no development, no cause and effe