Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker
/ ROSAS
Bartók/Mikrokosmos
- Performance Dance
Info
Bartók/Mikrokosmos, created in 1987, is an evening of dance and music presented in three parts. The dance duet ›Mikrokosmos‹, set to a composition by Bela Bartók for two pianos, introduced the then radical development of a male dancer taking to the stage for the first time in De Keersmaeker’s work. This is followed by a musical work by György Ligeti, performed by two pianists, and a dance to the Fourth String Quartet by Bela Bartók. Here four female dancers interpret the Hungarian composer’s energetic composition in perfectly constructed yet unpretentious movements that lend an extra layer of intensity to the musical experience.
Credits
Premiere: 01.10.1987, Halles de Schaerbeek, Presentation: Kaaitheater (Brussels)
›Mikrokosmos, Seven Pieces for Two Pianos‹
Choreography: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Danced by: Elizaveta Penkóva, Jakub Truszkowski
Created with: Jean Luc Ducourt, Johanne Saunier
Music: Béla Bartók
Performed live by: Jean-Luc Plouvier, Jean-Luc Fafchamps
Rehearsal Directors: Johanne Saunier, Mark Lorimer
›Monument / Selbstporträt mit Reich und Riley (und Chopin ist auch dabei) / in zart fliessender Bewegung‹
Music: György Ligeti:
Performed live by: Jean-Luc Plouvier, Jean-Luc Fafchamps
›Quatuor N° 4‹
Choreography: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Danced by: Tale Dolven, Elizaveta Penkóva, Taka Shamoto, Sue-Yeon Youn
Created with: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Roxane Huilmand, Fumiyo Ikeda, Nadine Ganase, Johanne Saunier
Music performed live by: The Duke Quartet : Louisa Fuller (violin), John Metcalfe (alto), Rick Koster (violin), Sophie Harris (cello)
Rehearsal Director: Fumiyo Ikeda
Lighting design: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Herman Sorgeloos
Costumes: 1987: Rosas; Re-run: Anne-Catherine Kunz
Assistant to the artistic director: Anne Van Aerschot
Production Management: Johan Penson assisted by Willem deCoster
Technicians: Jan Herinckx, Simo Reynders, Wannes De Rydt, Michael Smets
Production 1987: Rosas, Kaaitheater, Théâtre de la Ville (Paris)
Co-production Early Works: Sadler's Wells (London)
Thanks to: Michael Frohnmeyer, Ictus, Valentina Nelissen, Sandra Ortega Bejarano, Jean-Luc Plouvier,
Herman Sorgeloos, Frank Vandezande
www.rosas.be
Supported by the Flemish Government
The performances at PACT Zollverein are made possible by the support of the Ministry for Families, Children, Youth, Culture and Sports of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
