'Le Sacre du printemps' – Wieder und Wider
Lectures and symposia
May 8, 2014
07:00 pm
– 08:00 pm
(in German, free admission) The lecture explores the history and afterlife of Le Sacre du printemps. With a view to Sacre 1913 and selected choreographic variants, it examines issues in the re-construction and the history of reception of this avantgarde masterwork. What relevance does Le Sacre have today?
Gabriele Brandstetter is a professor of Theatre and Dance Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. In 2008, she became co-director of the international research centre Interweaving Theatre Cultures. Her main areas of research are the history and aesthetics of dance, theatre and literature from the 18th century to the present, virtuosity in art and culture, and the relationship of the body, image and movement. In 2004, she was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize by the German Research Foundation (DFG), and in 2011, the Cross of Merit on Ribbon from the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The exhibition "Sacré 101 – An Exhibition Based on The Rite of Spring" shall be accompanied by a JRP|Ringier catalogue published in cooperation with the Center for Movement Research at the Free University of Berlin / Gabriele Brandstetter.
Gabriele Brandstetter is a professor of Theatre and Dance Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. In 2008, she became co-director of the international research centre Interweaving Theatre Cultures. Her main areas of research are the history and aesthetics of dance, theatre and literature from the 18th century to the present, virtuosity in art and culture, and the relationship of the body, image and movement. In 2004, she was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize by the German Research Foundation (DFG), and in 2011, the Cross of Merit on Ribbon from the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The exhibition "Sacré 101 – An Exhibition Based on The Rite of Spring" shall be accompanied by a JRP|Ringier catalogue published in cooperation with the Center for Movement Research at the Free University of Berlin / Gabriele Brandstetter.