ROSAS / Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker

26 years ago Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker created ›Rosas danst Rosas‹. The production which signaled both her international breakthrough and the official inauguration of the ROSAS company, was originally danced by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Michèle Anne De Mey, Fumiyo Ikeda and Nadine Ganase. Now firmly established as a classic, the piece has been learned by generations of ROSAS dancers and performed countless times around the world. Today Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker once again takes up her original role alongside three members of the second generation, Sue-Yeon Youn, Tale Dolven and Elizaveta Penkova.

At first in silence and later to music composed by Thierry De Mey and Peter Vermeersch, ›Rosas danst Rosas‹ prefigures the tensions that characterise Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s work, these being the contrast between rational structure and meaningful emotion, the dialectic between aggression and tenderness, the interaction between unison and counterpoint, and between uniformity and individuality.

»In short, pure quality.« BRT 2, May 1983

World Premiere: 06.05.1983 Théâtre de la Balsamine, presented by Kaaitheaterfestival 83 (Brussels)

Choreography: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

Creation: Adriana Borriello, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Michèle Anne De Mey, Fumiyo Ikeda

Danced by: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Sue-Yeon Youn, Tale Dolven, Elizaveta Penkova

Music: Thierry De Mey, Peter Vermeersch

Musicians (recorded): Thierry De Mey, Walter Hus, Eric Sleichim, Peter Vermeersch

Set Design: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

Light Design: Remon Fromont

Costumes: ROSAS

Production: Creation 1983: ROSAS (Brussels), Kaaitheater (Brussels), Klapstuk Festival (Leuven)

Revival 1992: ROSAS (Brussels), De Munt/La Monnaie (Brussels) / Revival 2009: ROSAS (Brussels)
Awards: Bessie Award, New York (1988), Eve du Spectacle, awarded by l’Association des Journalistes du Spectacle (1989)

Supported by the Flemish Government

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Photo: Jean-Luc Tanghe