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| Choreographer |
Saarinen, Tero |
| First Performance | 2.6.2002 |
| Place of First Performance | Venice Biennal, Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, Italy |
| Finnish premiere | 5.9.2002 |
| Place of Premiere | Helsinki Festival, Alexander's Theatre |
| Style | Contemporary Dance |
| Duration (min) | 35 |
| Costume designer | Erika Turunen |
| Lighting Designer | Mikki Kunttu |
| Description | Unlike most versions of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Saarinen concentrates on one single person - his masculinity/femininity and the fading of beauty. Saarinen's ecstatic interpretation also raises the question of the role that information plays in contemporary people's lives. Are we sacrificing our bodies, our senses, our memories and our knowledge for a flood of information? The starting point is that the choice has already been made... |
| Other Information | Multimedia and photographs: Marita Liulia. |
| Companies |
Tero Saarinen Company |
| Dancers |
Saarinen, Tero (2002) |