The last Rite of Spring
The Theatre Academy Dance Collective is a collective of second year master’s students in dance performance and a platform for their thesis project.
Obviously ironic, “The last Rite of Spring” is Renan Martins’ first collaboration with TADaC (Theatre Academy Dance Collective).
Together, choreographer Renan Martins and TADaC dancers reimagine Stravinsky’s iconic composition through the lens of contemporary dance, exploring the delicate balance between success and failure. The dancers, in their final graduation performance, engage in an emotional journey marked by moments of celebration, struggle, and release. Through insidious contact material, their bodies become channels of both unity and tension, as they navigate fluctuating states of expectation and surrender.
They face the challenge that is to work on such emblematic piece as they confront the idea of culmination, embracing both the triumphs and losses that come with closure.
Working group
- Performers: Inka Auvinen, Altinay Kapsiz, Saila Pönkä, Joma Richter, Sointu Saraste, Marjukka Savolainen, Mathilda Muk
- Choreographer: Renan Martins (guest)
- Choreography and dance assistant: Anette Toiviainen
- Light Designer: June Horton-White (guest)
- Sound Designer: Renan Martins (guest)
- Stylist: Claudia Cifu (guest)
- Sound Operator: Mikael Rantanen (guest)
- Photos and teaser: Jussi Ulkuniemi
- The estimated duration of the performance is one hour.
- The last Rite of Spring will tour in both Finland and abroad in May and June of 2025. Tour dates will be announced soon.
Obviously ironic, “The last Rite of Spring” is Renan Martins’ first collaboration with TADaC (Theatre Academy Dance Collective).
Together, choreographer Renan Martins and TADaC dancers reimagine Stravinsky’s iconic composition through the lens of contemporary dance, exploring the delicate balance between success and failure. The dancers, in their final graduation performance, engage in an emotional journey marked by moments of celebration, struggle, and release. Through insidious contact material, their bodies become channels of both unity and tension, as they navigate fluctuating states of expectation and surrender.
They face the challenge that is to work on such emblematic piece as they confront the idea of culmination, embracing both the triumphs and losses that come with closure.
Working group
- Performers: Inka Auvinen, Altinay Kapsiz, Saila Pönkä, Joma Richter, Sointu Saraste, Marjukka Savolainen, Mathilda Muk
- Choreographer: Renan Martins (guest)
- Choreography and dance assistant: Anette Toiviainen
- Light Designer: June Horton-White (guest)
- Sound Designer: Renan Martins (guest)
- Stylist: Claudia Cifu (guest)
- Sound Operator: Mikael Rantanen (guest)
- Photos and teaser: Jussi Ulkuniemi
- The estimated duration of the performance is one hour.
- The last Rite of Spring will tour in both Finland and abroad in May and June of 2025. Tour dates will be announced soon.