For The Rite, we designer the scenography to be a landscape of rigid, rectangular blocks. representing harsh masculinity within the patriarchy the design shapes the performers path and journey within the piece.
The Rite is a suffocating yet breathtaking dance theatre duet by Zahira Mous and Ivana Berkhout. It explores the brutality of femicide. A ritual of death. The piece draws inspiration from the 1913 ballet Le Sacre du Printemps, in which a maiden is sacrificed to welcome the arrival of spring.