Live music, dance and digital imagery

One year before the outbreak of the First World War, Igor Stravinsky created the ballet "Le sacre du printemps - The Rite of Spring", a musical masterpiece of great intensity. The central motif is the death dance of a young girl who is chosen by a community to be sacrificed to the god of spring.

"Sacre 4.0" transports this theme to the present day in a digitalised world and sheds light on phenomena such as cyberbullying and the pressure that social networks exert on young people. A dancer immerses herself in the network of a virtual world that increasingly captivates her. She creates a digital counterpart, an avatar of herself, with whom she enters into a dangerous game in front of everyone. Can she preserve her identity in this game or is she in danger of becoming a "victim" herself?

The piano version for four hands will be performed, set by the composer and interpreted by Yseult Jost and Domingos Costa.

After "ALICE lost in cyberland", "Sacre 4.0" is the second piece in the current trilogy LOST | SACRIFIED | REPLACED by MEINHARDT & KRAUSS.

Dance, choreography: Sawako Nunotani
Video design: Lieve Vanderschaeve
Piano: Duo Jost/Costa, Yseult Jost, Domingos Costa
Stage design: Michael Krauss
Director: Iris Meinhardt
Costume: Katharina Ruprecht
Lighting/technology: Alexander Schmidt
Production/conception: meinhardt&krauss