Stravinsky's The Rite Of Spring by Jean-Claude Gallotta
The Rite of Spring; Choreography, Jean-Claude Gallotta; Music: Igor Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, directed and recorded by Igor Stravinsky and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra (1960); With; Alexane Albert, Matthieu Barbin, Agnes Canova, Ximena Figueroa, Ibrahim Guétissi, Mathieu Heyraud, Georgia Ives, Cécile Renard, Gaetano Vaccaro, Thierry Verger, Stéphane Vitrano, Béatrice Warrand, Thalia Ziliotis; Jean-Claude Gallotta's Rite of Spring is like a grafitti on an old school desk. The choreographer-to-be heard the piece for the first time on an ancient record player. Asleep on his wooden bench, he was transported in a dream. These memories led to a production of the Rite of Spring based on the original version of the work, rough, without any affectation, without any decorative brilliance, conducted and recorded by Igor Stravinsky himself. No anecdote, no intrigue. Jean-Claude Gallotta adds: there is no 'Chosen One', or at least no single 'Chosen One', glorified and later sacrificed. Each female performer with be eligible in turn, to respond to the 'obscure discretionary power' of the gods. Jean-Claude Gallotta has also retained the double etymological meaning of the word 'rite', involving bonding and reflecting. He reflects, on his knees, on the steps leading to the altar of his teenage years, and feels bound to the great masters, from Kantor to Fellini, who taught him not to forget. A tribute to Igor Stravinsky by Jean-Claude Gallotta - an incandescent Rite of Spring... Recorded on 2012 at the Théâtre national de Chaillot; TV Director, Jean-Marc Birraux (38 mns) - 2012 (37 min)
