Shedding a New Light on 'Rite'; The Australian Ballet's Refreshing Aboriginal Take on Stravinsky's Classic

From: The Washington Post | Date: October 25, 1999| Author: Sarah Kaufman | Copyright information

In "Rites," a smoldering treatment of the natural elements that closed the Australian Ballet's program this weekend, the dancers are barefoot, half naked and slathered in body paint. They prowl the stage with an animal hunger.

It's not what you'd expect from a ballet company. But that's exactly the point.

In forging this collaboration between his classically trained dancers and those of the Aboriginal-inspired Bangarra Dance Theater, Australian Ballet Artistic Director Ross impos...

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