The Rite of Spring
Fabulous Beast / ENO: 2009
Directed & choreographed by Michael Keegan Dolan
The set is a bog floor with the simple idea of the black backdrop flying out imperceptably over the show’s 33 minutes. Dark claustraphobic Winter moves in to the light and celebration of Spring time
Production shots at the ENO 2009 by Johan Persson |
Costume fittings: Galway 2009 & 2013 |
Costume drawings: The costumes followed the idea of a rite of passage for the men and women |
The two images below are show images by Richard Gilligan |
Model box for double bill of Rite of Spring & Petrushka 2013 |
Petrushka The set for Petrushka has the same bog floor as Rite, but the icey quality gives it a sense of lightness along with the light silk box which is a backdrop throughout the piece. |
Petrushka: production shots Sadler’s Wells 2013 by Ros Kavanagh |
Further reading:
- Fabulous Beast
- Fabulous Beast production page
- Video
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“Beautifully designed by Rae Smith… The production is powerful, shocking, grittily theatrical and rather wonderful.”The Public Reviews 2014—