Rite of Spring Dance Party, Glow Sticks and All…

I experienced one of the craziest and memorable nights last weekend — a benefit for Musicambia (a non-profit that brings music to U.S. prisons) — that was also a club-style dance party with a live band playing Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.”  Danced by GroupMuse members who were perplexingly familiar with the score, the hot and humid evening at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple gave way to savage, visceral, and glow-necklace-laden dancers making their way through this iconic piece of music.  The deafening screams of appreciation transitioned into audience members lying amidst the orchestra for an encore of Schoenberg’s “Farben” from his “Five Pieces for Orchestra.”  The sacrificial lamb survived…this time.

Pre-Show @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
Pre-Show @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
GroupMuse on the frontline
GroupMuse on the frontline
The audience then came to join us, literally sitting and lying at our feet onstage, for the encore...
The audience then came to join us, literally sitting and lying at our feet onstage, for the encore…

 

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