Béjart Ballet Lausanne: The Rite of Spring / Cantata 51 / Syncopation

The Rite of Spring / Cantata 51 / Syncopation Béjart Ballet Lausanne Director: Gil Roman A man, a work, a company. The Béjart Ballet Lausanne is the instrument of a major choreographer of the 20th century. Maurice Béjart an extraordinary artist, a genius of dance, a master of ballet. This shows that Stadsschouwburg Antwerp is delighted to be able to present to you the work accomplished by this great master of the art. This event, which is already shaping up to be one of the highlights of the season, will consist of a first classical ballet Cantate 51. This ballet will highlight the work of Maurice Béjart and Jean Sébastien Bach, it offers us the theme of the annunciation. Cantata 51 constitutes a universal hymn to harmony and spiritual elevation. This work was created in March 1966 in Brussels. You will then discover Syncope, the contemporary ballet that Gil Roman, current artistic director of the Béjart Ballet Lausanne company, offers us. This ballet is the accomplishment of work always carried out with Maurice Béjart. Syncope was created in Lausanne in 2010. And to end this evening in style, The Rite of Spring, the famous choreography by Béjart created in Brussels in December 1959. This ballet, stripped of all artifice, is a Hymn to the union of Man and Woman in the deepest of their flesh. Hymn to the union of sky and earth, dance of life or death, between humans and plants.