The Rite of Spring
Information
| Premiere | 12/03/1975 |
| Duration | |
| Choreography | Pina Bausch |
| Collaboration | Hans Pop |
| Set and costume design | Rolf Borzik |
„This cohesion between women and men within the group in The Rite of Spring always moved me to tears. You are not alone. The young woman in the red dress, “the chosen one”, is not alone either. And that always gave me strength to dance this role. I realise that now – it’s so beautiful. That’s why the choreography is so powerful. There is actually a great deal of love in Le Sacre. Very beautiful.”
Marlis Alt on 4 November 2015
From the Pina Bausch Archives
The Rite of Spring
Costumes
from the premiere
Events
A piece by Pina Bausch
As part of the triple bill Goecke / Robbins / Bausch together with Petruschka by Marco Goecke and Afternoon of a faun by Jerome Robbins
Music: Igor Stravinsky and Claude Debussy
Orchestra of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Conductor: Andrew Litton
| Location | Teatro Costanzi, Rome, Italy |
| Dates | 10/27/2026, 20:00–22:00 10/28/2026, 20:00–22:00 11/5/2026, 20:00–22:00 11/6/2026, 20:00–22:00 11/7/2026, 18:00–20:00 11/8/2026, 16:30–18:30 |
| Ensemble | Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Ballet |
| Production | A co-production of Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma and Pina Bausch Foundation |
A piece by Pina Bausch
As part of the double bill Balanchine Bausch Stravinsky together with Apollo by George Balanchine
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Conductor: Ido Arad
| Location | Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy |
| Dates | 11/7/2026, 20:00–22:00 11/11/2026, 20:00–22:00 11/12/2026, 20:00–22:00 11/13/2026, 20:00–22:00 11/14/2026, 20:00–22:00 11/15/2026, 14:30–16:30 11/18/2026, 20:00–22:00 11/19/2026, 14:30–16:30 11/19/2026, 20:00–22:00 11/21/2026, 20:00–22:00 |
| Ensemble | Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company |
| Production | New production Teatro alla Scala. A joint production of Teatro alla Scala and Pina Bausch Foundation 2026. |
A piece by Pina Bausch
Music: Igor Stravinsky
The Paris Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Vello Pähn
As part of the triple bill Rituals (Rituels)
together with Suite en blanc by Serge Lifar to music by Édouard Lalo and Bolero X by Shahar Binyamini to music by Maurice Ravel
| Location | Opéra Bastille, Paris, France |
| Dates | 12/2/2026, 19:30–21:55 12/4/2026, 19:30–21:55 12/5/2026, 14:30–16:55 12/5/2026, 20:00–22:25 12/7/2026, 19:30–21:55 12/8/2026, 19:30–21:55 12/10/2026, 19:30–21:55 12/11/2026, 19:30–21:55 12/14/2026, 19:30–21:55 12/16/2026, 19:30–21:55 12/17/2026, 19:30–21:55 12/19/2026, 19:30–21:55 12/20/2026, 14:30–16:55 12/22/2026, 19:30–21:55 12/23/2026, 19:30–21:55 12/25/2026, 14:30–16:55 12/26/2026, 19:30–21:55 12/28/2026, 19:30–21:55 12/29/2026, 19:30–21:55 12/30/2026, 19:30–21:55 12/31/2026, 19:30–21:55 1/2/2027, 19:30–21:55 |
| Ensemble | Paris Opera Ballet |
Adagio – First part of the two-part piece Adagio - Five Songs by Gustav Mahler by Pina Bausch, performed by the Hamburg Ballet
The Rite of Spring – A piece by Pina Bausch, performed by Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch
As part of a three-piece evening together with a Ballet by John Neumeier, performed by the Hamburg Ballet
| Location | Opera House, Wuppertal, Germany |
| Dates | 5/22/2027 5/23/2027 5/24/2027 |
| Ensemble | Hamburg Ballet, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch |
| Production | "Adagio" is a Reconstruction by the Pina Bausch Foundation with the Hamburg Ballet 2024 |
| Location | Opera House, Wuppertal, Germany |
| Dates | 5/26/2027 5/28/2027 5/29/2027 5/30/2027 |
| Ensemble | Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch |
| Location | Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain |
| Dates | 6/11/2027, 19:30–21:15 6/12/2027, 19:30–21:15 6/13/2027, 18:00–19:45 6/15/2027, 19:30–21:15 6/16/2027, 19:30–21:15 |
| Ensemble | Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch |
| Location | Grand Théâtre, Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
| Dates | 6/24/2027, 19:30–21:15 6/25/2027, 19:30–21:15 6/26/2027, 19:30–21:15 6/27/2027, 17:00–18:45 |
| Ensemble | Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch |
| Location | Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria |
| Dates | 7/8/2027, 19:30–21:15 7/9/2027, 19:30–21:15 7/10/2027, 19:30–21:15 7/11/2027, 19:30–21:15 |
| Ensemble | Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch |
| In the programme of ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival 2027 | |
