Le Sacre du printemps

Chapter 1, 2021-2. Dance film, the 59th Venice Biennale.
Chapter 4, 2025. Performance, Nuuksio National Park / Kiasma.

Le Sacre du printemps 4, 2025. Public performance, May 23-25, Nuuksio National Park. Presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Le Sacre du printemps 4, 2025. Public performance, May 23-25, Nuuksio National Park. Presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Le Sacre du printemps 4, 2025. Public performance, May 23-25, Nuuksio National Park. Presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Le Sacre du printemps 4, 2025. Public performance, May 23-25, Nuuksio National Park. Presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Le Sacre du printemps 4, 2025. Public performance, May 23-25, Nuuksio National Park. Presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Le Sacre du printemps 4, 2025. Public performance, May 23-25, Nuuksio National Park. Presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Le Sacre du printemps 4, 2025. Public performance, May 23-25, Nuuksio National Park. Presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Le Sacre du printemps 4, 2025. Public performance, May 23-25, Nuuksio National Park. Presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Le Sacre du printemps 4, 2025. Public performance, May 23-25, Nuuksio National Park. Presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Le Sacre du printemps 4, 2025. Public performance, May 23-25, Nuuksio National Park. Presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Le Sacre du printemps 4, 2025. Public performance, May 23-25, Nuuksio National Park. Presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Le Sacre du printemps 4, 2025. Public performance, May 23-25, Nuuksio National Park. Presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Le Sacre du printemps 4, 2025. Public performance, May 23-25, Nuuksio National Park. Presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Le Sacre du printemps 4, 2025. Public performance, May 23-25, Nuuksio National Park. Presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Le Sacre du printemps 4, 2025. Public performance, May 23-25, Nuuksio National Park. Presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Le Sacre du printemps 4, 2025. Public performance, May 23-25, Nuuksio National Park. Presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Le Sacre du printemps 4, 2025. Public performance, May 23-25, Nuuksio National Park. Presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Le Sacre du printemps 4, 2025. Public performance, May 23-25, Nuuksio National Park. Presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Le Sacre du printemps 1, 2021-2. Dance film (4K, color, sound), 16 min. The 59th Venice Biennale.
Le Sacre du printemps 1, 2021-2. Dance film (4K, color, sound), 16 min. The 59th Venice Biennale.
Le Sacre du printemps 1, 2021-2. Dance film (4K, color, sound), 16 min. The 59th Venice Biennale.
Le Sacre du printemps 1, 2021-2. Dance film (4K, color, sound), 16 min. The 59th Venice Biennale.
Le Sacre du printemps 1, 2021-2. Dance film (4K, color, sound), 16 min. The 59th Venice Biennale.

This project is a long-term collaboration between Zheng Bo and DACE (Dance Art Critical Ecology, founded by Rickard Borgström and Rebecca Chentinell).

It began in 2021 in a primeval forest in Dalarna, Sweden, where a dance emerged between five humans and centuries-old pine trees. The work was filmed and presented at the 59th Venice Biennale.

Over the next two years, further experiments continued in the same forest.

In spring 2025, the project unfolded as a live performance in Nuuksio National Park, presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Finland. Small groups of visitors hiked into the forest to witness dances ​between humans and anthills, mosses, and spruce trees.

The Ballets Russes’ 1913 masterpiece is once again transformed: the dance returns to the boreal forest.

Dancers:

Chapter 1 (2021):
Paolo de Venecia Gile
Andreas Haglund
Mikko Hyvönen
Adriano Wilfert Jensen
Ossi Niskala

Chapter 2 (2022):
Mingxuan-Vincent Gao
Ossi Niskala

Chapter 3 (2024)
Victor Perez Armero
Harald Beharie
Ossi Niskala

Chapter 4 (2025)
Victor Perez Armero
Rebecca Chentinell
Mikko Hyvönen
Ossi Niskala

Ecological introduction: Sebastian Kirppu and Aino Mielikki Maa
Cinematographer: Adam Nilsson
Postproduction: Wu Ping-Chung
Photographer: Rita Anttila

Supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council; Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma; Finnish Cultural Foundation; Frame; Swedish Arts Council; Swedish Arts Grants Committee; Nordic Culture Fund; Nordic Culture Point; Färgfabriken; SKH.