91º Anniversary Teatro Rivoli
National premiere
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Amandine Beyer / Rosas, Gli Incogniti
Mystery Sonatas / for Rosa
January
2023
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20
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21
Sinopse
“A rose is a rose is a rose.”
— Gertrude Stein
Music and geometry have always been central to the work of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. In Mystery Sonatas / for Rosa these interests form a bond through a symbol — the rose. With a long history of symbolism in art history and literature, the rose often represents secrecy and mystery. Written around 1676, the Mystery Sonatas is a musical translation of the fifteen Sacred Mysteries of the life of the Virgin Mary. In this choreography, roses are not simply at play because of their beauty, but because of their resistance — with every rose comes its thorns. The dancing body, as an individual or a community, becomes an act of resistance, while Biber’s music, rich in virtuosity and narrative, opens a door to it. This work is dedicated to women of resistance — Rosa Bonheur, Rosa Luxemburg, Rosa Parks, Rosa Vergaelen, and Rosa, the 15-year-old climate activist who died in the Belgian floodings of 2021.
In 1980, after studying dance at the Mudra School in Brussels and the Tisch School of the Arts in New York, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (who was born in 1960) created Asch, her first choreographic work. Two years later, she premiered Fase, Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich. She founded the Rosas company in 1983, in Brussels, while working on Rosas danst Rosas. Her choreographies have since been seen as means to explore the existing relation between dance and music. She has created a wide-ranging body of work with Rosas, engaging the musical structures of several periods, from early music to more contemporary and popular idioms. Her work also draws formal principles from geometry and numerical patterns to offer a unique perspective on the body’s articulation in space and time. In 1995, De Keersmaeker established the P.A.R.T.S. (Performing Arts Research and Training Studios) school in Brussels in association with De Munt / La Monnaie.
Co-presentation with:
Culturgest – Fundação Caixa Geral de Depósitos, January 25th and 26th, 2023
— Gertrude Stein
Music and geometry have always been central to the work of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. In Mystery Sonatas / for Rosa these interests form a bond through a symbol — the rose. With a long history of symbolism in art history and literature, the rose often represents secrecy and mystery. Written around 1676, the Mystery Sonatas is a musical translation of the fifteen Sacred Mysteries of the life of the Virgin Mary. In this choreography, roses are not simply at play because of their beauty, but because of their resistance — with every rose comes its thorns. The dancing body, as an individual or a community, becomes an act of resistance, while Biber’s music, rich in virtuosity and narrative, opens a door to it. This work is dedicated to women of resistance — Rosa Bonheur, Rosa Luxemburg, Rosa Parks, Rosa Vergaelen, and Rosa, the 15-year-old climate activist who died in the Belgian floodings of 2021.
In 1980, after studying dance at the Mudra School in Brussels and the Tisch School of the Arts in New York, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (who was born in 1960) created Asch, her first choreographic work. Two years later, she premiered Fase, Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich. She founded the Rosas company in 1983, in Brussels, while working on Rosas danst Rosas. Her choreographies have since been seen as means to explore the existing relation between dance and music. She has created a wide-ranging body of work with Rosas, engaging the musical structures of several periods, from early music to more contemporary and popular idioms. Her work also draws formal principles from geometry and numerical patterns to offer a unique perspective on the body’s articulation in space and time. In 1995, De Keersmaeker established the P.A.R.T.S. (Performing Arts Research and Training Studios) school in Brussels in association with De Munt / La Monnaie.
Co-presentation with:
Culturgest – Fundação Caixa Geral de Depósitos, January 25th and 26th, 2023
dance
live music
geometry
resistance
© Anne Van Aerschot
© Anne Van Aerschot
© Anne Van Aerschot
© Anne Van Aerschot
© Anne Van Aerschot
Aditional info
- Price Free upon ticket collection (max 2 per person), on the day of the sessions, from 10:00am, at the Rivoli ticket office or at BOL
Duration 2h30
Age rating 12+
Additional information This performance contains strobe lights
Author's bio text
Ficha Técnica
- Choreography Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Performers Lav Crnčević, Sophia Dinkel, José Paulo dos Santos, Rafa Galdino, Frank Gizycki, Mariana Miranda, Cintia Sebők, Mamadou Wagué
Created with Lav Crnčević, Sophia Dinkel, José Paulo dos Santos, Rafa Galdino, Frank Gizycki, Mariana Miranda, Laura Maria Poletti, Cintia Sebők, Jacob Storer, Mamadou Wagué
Music Mystery Sonatas, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
Musical direction Amandine Beyer
Musicians Gli Incogniti: Amandine Beyer (violin) Baldomero Barciela Varela (viole de gambe), Ignacio Laguna Navarro (theorbo and baroque guitar), Francesco Romano (archluth), Anna Fontana (harpsichord and organ)
Set and lighting design Minna Tiikkainen
Rehearsal directors Diane Madden
Costumes Fauve Ryckebusch
Research Lieze Eneman, Tessa Hall
Sound Camille Frachet
Artistic coordination and planning Anne Van Aerschot
Artistic assistant Martine Lange
Tour manager Bert De Bock
Technical director Freek Boey
Assistant technical director Jonathan Maes
Technicians Calvin Ferdinando Carrier, Thibault Rottiers
Costumes coordination Alexandra Verschueren assisted by Els Van Buggenhout
Sewing Emmanuelle Erhart, Ester Manas, Martha Verleyen
Wardrobe Ella De Vos
Production Rosas
Coproduction Concertgebouw Brugge, De Munt / La Monnaie, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels, Théâtre de la Ville à Paris, Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi
Acknowledgements Boštjan Antončič, David Durán, Steven Fillet, Marie Goudot, Yuika Hashimoto, La Fille d'O, Ester Manas, Michaël Pomero
This production is realized with the support of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, in collaboration with Casa Kafka Pictures – Belfius
Rosas is supported by the Flemish Community, the Flemish Community Commission (VGC), and by the BNP Paribas Foundation
