THE RITE OF SPRING ARRIVES IN TORONTO THS FALL (SATURDAY NIGHT)
36 dancers from Africa here to show Toronto the Rite of Spring BY STEPHEN WEIR . African Dancer Shelly Tetely Ohene-Nyako and 35 other dancers from 14 African countries, is in the middle of an around-the-world tour which brings them all to Toronto this weekend. She told the Caribbean Camera yesterday that European and North American audiences who have already caught their Rite of Spring performance were so amazed seeing so much blackness on stage. The Rite of Spring will be performed Saturday and Sunday at the Meridan Hall (St Lawrence Theatre) danced by this specially assembled company of dancers. “The choreography is very powerful,” said Ohene-Nyako. “Instead of the body type people are used to seeing in dance – tall thin women - Toronto will be seeing a wide range - we have small girls, tall girls, women with girls’ curves and (buff) men. While the language of this choreography is the same as a visceral 1975 version of this historic dance, there is a ...