Germaine Acogny fuses vernacular architecture with the Bauhaus in her Sengal home

This month The Rite of Spring returns to the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, where it premiered to ‘riotous’ applause in 1913. This time, however, it’s been paired with a new solo work by Germaine Acogny, the choreographer best known as the ‘mother of contemporary African dance’. Much like the style she pioneered, her home in coastal Senegal moves with the rhythms of the earth