Where do ritual and folk tradition exist in today's society? Artistic Director Robert Battle explores this question as five dancers engage in a modern day "Rite of Spring" with an abstract twist. An original score by John Mackey for string quartet and percussion drives the mood of this edgy, ritualistic work. The New York Times called Battle's compact, forceful movement style "electrifying" and Battle himself a "choreographer to watch." The commissioning of this work was made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York Council on the Arts, a State agency.