HOUSE | RITE OF SPRING | BALLET DE LYON

HOUSE | SAGRAÇÃO DA PRIMAVERA | BALLET DE LYON

DJ set 24€

Wednesday 17 February · until 18 Feb

A dance performance combining Sharon Eyal's 'House' and Mats Ek's 'Rite of Spring', performed by the Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon. A celebration of contemporary dance set to music by Ori Lichtik and Stravinsky's iconic score.

Synopsis Accessibility: session with Audio Description on 18 February. House by Sharon Eyal + Rite of Spring by Mats Ek Ballet de L'Opéra de Lyon House House, by Sharon Eyal, is divided into several parts, like the different compartments of a house fully inhabited by the performers. Through a succession of collective sequences and solos that reflect, collide and merge, the piece portrays a world, or a home, in crisis. With music by Ori Lichtik, a DJ from the techno scene, the rhythms create a nocturnal and festive atmosphere, crossing over with references to classical ballet and contemporary dance. In this ode to dance in all its forms, Sharon Eyal builds a movement language that is simultaneously sensual and demanding. Beyond its virtuosic and almost clinical precision, the choreography opens space for a profound emotional charge. The bodies, strange and hybrid creatures, between the human and the robotic, undulate and unfold in a continuous flow of gestures, in a unity that can come apart at any moment through a permanent play of imbalances. Rite of Spring When it premiered in Paris in 1913 by the Ballets Russes, with choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky, Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring caused great controversy and became a decisive work in the history of 20th-century dance and music. Since then, this score has inspired numerous choreographers, confronted with the rhythmic intensity of the music and the ritual of renewal that runs through the piece. In 1984, Mats Ek created his version of The Rite of Spring, revived in 2022 for English National Ballet. Four years later, the choreography is passed on to the artists of the Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon, who perform this version for the first time. In Mats Ek's reading, Stravinsky's music translates into direct movements, collective tension and constant impulses between the group and the individual. Between restraint and intensity, the choreographer builds a ballet centred on the body, ritual and the idea of transformation. ARTISTIC CREDITS House Choreography Sharon Eyal Choreography Assistance Léo Lérus Music Ori Lichtik Costumes Maayan Goldman Lighting Design Alon Cohen Ballet Masters Marco Merenda and Raúl Serrano Núñez Ballet Direction Assistance Amandine François Dancers of the Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon Production Opéra de Lyon and Les Nuits de Fourvière, Festival International de la Métropole de Lyon Co-production Théâtre Théo Argence, Saint-Priest Premiered by Batsheva Dance Company in 2011. Revival for the Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon in June 2026. Rite of Spring Choreography Mats Ek Music Igor Stravinsky Set and Costume Design Marie-Louise Ekman Rehearsal Directors Antonio Castilla and Ana Laguna Lights Linus Fellbom Ballet Masters Marco Merenda and Raúl Serrano Núñez Ballet Direction Assistant Amandine François Dancers of the Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon Production Opéra de Lyon With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Created in 2022 for English National Ballet - Sadler's Wells (London). Additional Information The Centro Cultural de Belém Foundation reserves the right to capture, store and use image, sound and voice recordings, for the purpose of broadcasting and preserving the memory of both its cultural and artistic activities and its spaces.