iTMOi (in the mind of igor) – Akram Khan Company
Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring endures an imaginative modernisation at the Sydney Opera House.
Overview
A hundred years ago, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring premiered at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees to public outrage and a near-riot in the streets of Paris. The story of a young girl, chosen as a sacrificial victim in a series of rituals celebrating the arrival of spring, who eventually dances herself to death was brought to life by pioneering choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky.
Exactly a century later, the avant-garde chaos of Stravinsky's ballet and orchestral work lives on in iTMOi (in the mind of igor), created by internationally renowned British choreographer Akram Khan. In collaboration with boundary-pushing composers Nitin Sawhney, Jocelyn Pook and Ben Frost, who have imagined a powerful original score, iTMOi is an innovative dance work that brings together the talents of performers from Europe, Asia, the UK and the US.
Coinciding with the arrival of an Australian spring, iTMOi will be gracing the Sydney Opera House between Wednesday, 28 August, and Sunday, 1 September.
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