Cesena
The start of the day
For Cesena, the 2011creation, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Rosas will be collaborating with Björn Schmelzer and his Graindelavoix ensemble. This new production might almost be called the counterpart to its predecessor, En Atendant. Whereas in that piece the twilight merged almost imperceptibly into night, this piece heralds the start of the day. The stage is shared by 19 dancers and singers who explore the limits of their ability. Dancers sing and singers dance, once again in dialogue with the wilful 14th-century scores of the Ars Subtilior. Ann Veronica Janssens will for the third time provide a stage setting in colour and light, a sculpture of passing time, of the constant transformation of what is around us and of what only becomes visible in the course of time. The start of a new day, or a new look at a distant past.
concept Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Björn Schmelzer | choreography Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker | created with and danced by Rosas and Graindelavoix: Olalla Alemán, Haider Al Timimi, Bostjan Antoncic, Aron Blom , Carlos Garbin, Marie Goudot, Lieven Gouwy, David Hernandez, Matej Kejzar, Mikael Marklund, Tomàs Maxé, Julien Monty, Chrysa Parkinson, Marius Peterson, Michael Pomero, Albert Riera, Gabriel Schenker, Yves Van Handenhove, Sandy Williams | scenography Ann Veronica Janssens | costumes Anne-Catherine Kunz | co-production Rosas, La Monnaie/De Munt (Brussels), Festival d’Avignon, Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, Guimarães 2012, Steirischer Herbst (Graz), deSingel (Antwerp), Concertgebouw Brugge
