EXPERIENCE A MULTICULTURAL TWIST ON THE RITE OF SPRING
aslav Nijinsky’s might be the most successful failure of all time. was forced to close a few days later. Yet myriad choreographers have since created their own s — perhaps because it defied expectation. The best of those is German dance legend Pina Bausch’s sublime 1975 version, set to the original Stravinsky score, which finally gets its Chicago debut at the Harris Theater October 27–28. Performed by dancers from 14 African countries, it shares the bill with a new work by two elder stateswomen of contemporary dance in Africa: Malou Airaudo and Germaine Acogny.
