Rosas Danst Rosas

Rosas Danst Rosas (1997)

Thierry De Mey filmed Rosas danst Rosas in the former technical school of architect Henry Van de Velde in Leuven. The film version is much shorter than the show itself. In his film Thierry De Mey opts for a heavily ‘inter-cut’ version in which, apart from the cast of four dancers from 1995 and 1996, he also has all the other performers from the long history of the show dance along. He makes maximum use of the geometrical and spatial qualities of the Van de Veldes building. Incidentally, the building was thoroughly renovated straight after the film was made, making it one of the last testimonials to the original architecture. The film was shown on all of the major European television channels and also had a cinema career in the ‘art house circuit’.

Date of release
1997-06-18
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
57m
Genres
Music, Documentary
Director
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Thierry De Mey

Casting

Interesting facts

Rosas danst Rosas is a contemporary dance choreographed by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker. It premiered as part of the Kaaitheater Festival in May, 1983 at the Théâtre de la Balsamine, Brussels. Originally created with and danced by four dancers, it is now performed by a rotating cast from Rosas.

Background

Rosas danst Rosas was de Keersmaeker's third work, and the formative work for the company Rosas, which was founded in 1983. Thierry De Mey and de Keersmaeker had worked closely together on de Keersmaeker's previous work, Fase, and decided to compose a piece together. This meant that they had to write the music and the dance at the same time, rather than compose the dance to already existing music.

Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker created the dance and production team Rosas, and over the past 32 years the ensemble has won numerous awards and performed in many countries. Rosas describes its dance as "pure writing with movement in time and space" and says that "At its heart lies the relationship between movement and music. In some productions, the relationship between dance and text is also examined."

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