Stravinsky and the Dance:

November 2009

Friday, December 4 10.00-12.00, Studio A, Dance Building

As a prelude to the Department of Dance’s restaging of Paul Taylor’s Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal) at the Power Center (Feb 4-7, 2010), a panel of three dance-music presenters will examine Igor Stravinsky’s contribution to 20th-century performance. The first speaker, Professor Stephen Rush, will consider The Radicalism of Stravinsky’s Music. Professor Christian Matjias will then focus on The Evolution of ‘Le Sacre’ from Enfant to Etude. In the final presentation, Professor Angela Kane, dance department chair and Taylor scholar, will discuss Paul Taylor’s re-envisioning of ‘Le Sacre’ as a modern-day American morality tale.

Look for the complete story of the restaging of Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal) on our dance students by Ruth Andrien, former Paul Taylor Dance Company member who originated the role of The Girl, in the Fall 2009 Michigan Muse, due out just before Thanksgiving. This colloquium and the forthcoming performances of Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal) have been made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.