Igor Stravinsky’s music to »Le Sacre du printemps« acts like a stimulus that a direct reaction must follow. Like no other composition, this critical work of (dance) modernism has given rise to hundreds of interpretations worldwide. The flamenco innovator Israel Galván reveals the multi-layered rhythms by becoming a percussive instrument himself. In addition to the demand for two pianos, which Stravinsky presented in a very close circle a few days before the premiere, flamenco is also used in works by Domenico Scarlatti and Frederic Rzewski. 

A production by Israel Galván Company. Co-produced with Théâtre de la Ville Paris, Sadler’s Wells London, Mû – Lausanne, Théâtre de Nîmes, Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national, art et création: Danse contemporaine, Teatro della Pergola - Fondazione Teatro della Toscana Florence, MA scène nationale, Pays de Montbéliard, Théâtre de Vidy-Lausanne. Supported by INAEM-Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música, La Loterie Romande, Pro Helvetia, Fondation suisse pour la culture du Canton de Vaud, Fondation Leenaards, Flamenco Biënnale Nederland

Many thanks for the generous support of Steinways & Sons Stuttgart.

Image © Nicolas Serve