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En Atendant

Rosas

dance
25—30.09.2010

Ancient music, new dance

In En Atendant (medieval spelling) , Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is taking a new step in her exploration of the combination of music and dance. After Bach and Webern in Zeitung, The Beatles in The Song and Mahler in 3Abscheid, this time her starting point is the Ars Subtilior: a form of polyphonic music from the 14th century that is based on dissonance and contrast. Ars Subtilior developed on the ruins of the plague and the Church at a time when the social, political and religious pillars of mediaeval society were fragmenting. Nowadays this upheaval seems more relevant than ever. In the light of today’s increasingly confusing events and the complexity of the choices we face, the question of our mortality and physicality is becoming ever more crucial.

Press quotes

'Betoverend mooi' - De Morgen
'Un spectacle de toute beauté' - Libération
'Vie et mort sont intimement mêlés dans ce spectacle magistral' - Le Soir

choreography Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker | created with and danced by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Bostjan Antoncic, Carlos Garbin, Cynthia Loemij, Mark Lorimer, Mikael Marklund, Chrysa Parkinson, Sandy Williams, Sue-Yeon Youn | music Ars Subtilior | musicians Bart Coen, Annelies van Gramberen, Michael Schmid, Birgit Goris | scenography Michel François | costumes Anne-Catherine Kunz | production Rosas | co-production De Munt / La Monnaie (Brussels), Festival Grec (Barcelona), Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), Festival d’Avignon, Concertgebouw Brugge