Rosas danst Rosas

Rosas

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas In 1983, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker had her international breakthrough with Rosas danst Rosas, a performance that has since become a benchmark in the history of postmodern dance. Rosas danst Rosas builds on the minimalism initiated in Fase (1982):  abstract movements constitute the basis of a layered choreographic structure in which repetition plays the lead … Continued

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Rosas

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

10 movements to the music of Philip GlassAnne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, Ictus, Bl!ndman The early works of certain artists often carry a very distinct tonality. They are timeless and recall the energy and radicalness that mark the emergence of a personal style. In 1982, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker entered the international stage of … Continued

Le Salon revisited

Peeping Tom

Gabriela Carrizo & Franck Chartier

Created in 2004, Le Salon is a darkly playful portrait of a family in decline, where four generations confront loss, inherited trauma, and unspoken secrets. Now, more than 20 years later, we pay another visit to this living room that became a mirror of private and collective consciousness. On stage, we observe a once-wealthy family … Continued

A Wave

Zoë Demoustier

Zoë Demoustier / Opera Ballet Vlaanderen In the 1980s, a wave of radical dance innovators emerged from the triangular relationship between Brussels, Ghent and Antwerp. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Wim Vandekeybus, Marc Vanrunxt, Alain Platel, Jan Fabre and many others gradually made their way into Belgian theatres with their unconventional performances. In no time at … Continued

Hear the Silence

Zoë Demoustier

Hear the Silence explores the need for embrace in times of disruption. The starting point is the waltz, once a symbol of European refinement as a music and a dance, but in the 20th century shaken by underlying tensions. Seven dancers and a musician revisit the waltz and deconstruct the dance form. In search of … Continued

INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE

Miet Warlop

Irene Wool vzw

After the immense success of her previous performance ONE SONG, Belgian artist Miet Warlop, now creates an ode to imagination a wave of wonder and pleasure. Miet Warlop, acclaimed around the world for her choreographic approach merging dance, visual art, theatre and performance, draws inspiration for her new performance from the movement of waves. As … Continued

Nimble

Not Standing

Alexander Vantournhout

In 2026, Alexander Vantournhout and his company Not Standing will embark on a new journey with Nimble, a bold choreography that explores the interplay between individual expression and collective unity. Nine dancers will share the stage, jumping both in synchrony and in solitude, finding each other at times to form a collective body, pulsing both … Continued

Frames

Not Standing

Alexander Vantournhout

in situ How defining is a frame for a painting? What if you remove the frame? Or vice versa: what if you remove the artwork and just look at the frame? Frames explores this relationship between frame and art, placing Not Standing’s physical movement art in outdoor visual frames.  Alexander Vantournhout and his three co-performers … Continued

Fase, Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich

Rosas

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas Fase, Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich, choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s very first performance, premiered in 1982. Fase comprises three duets and one solo, choreographed to four repetitive compositions by the American minimalist Steve Reich. De Keersmaeker uses the structure of Reich’s music to develop an independent movement … Continued

Through the Grapevine Live

Not Standing

Alexander Vantournhout

After its premiere in 2020, Through the Grapevine is back in a new staging. Alexander Vantournhout and Axel Guérin challenge each other again in a quirky pas-de-deux, this time accompanied by a reworked soundtrack that will be performed live by composer and musician Andrea Belfi. Starting from a poetic contemplation of the two performers’ different … Continued

Back to Kidal

Serge Aimé Coulibaly

Faso Danse Théâtre

Serge Aimé Coulibaly / Faso Danse Théâtre “We have come a long, long way in the struggle for justice, but we have a long way to go.” Martin Luther King Back to Kidal weaves together blues and music, giving voice to a woman from the Sahel. The tragedies of the Sahel, echoing those of the … Continued

Unfolding an Archive

Zoë Demoustier

Zoë Demoustier / Ultima Vez In Unfolding an Archive, Zoë Demoustier unfolds an image archive of 20 years of war reporting. The man behind the camera is her father Daniel Demoustier. The search for a relationship to the imagery of world events with which she grew up is like a movement from far and near. … Continued

SOLO

Circus Ronaldo

For the very first time, Pepijn Ronaldo takes to the stage on his own. SOLO is a search for his own artistic voice in a world filled with dreams and expectations. Pepijn follows in the footsteps of seven generations of comédiens. As a young boy, he took his first steps on the stage of Circus … Continued

S 62° 58′, W 60° 39′

Peeping Tom

Gabriela Carrizo & Franck Chartier

To the fathers I keep staging The wreck of a sailboat, a vast icy landscape on the background and a crew of hopeless survivors. S 62° 58’, W 60° 39’ starts with an impossible and frightening situation: to survive. To go back to the life they knew. It is unclear how they got stuck in … Continued

every_body

Not Standing

Alexander Vantournhout

In every_body, choreographer Alexander Vantournhout, alongside collaborator Emmi Väisänen, delves into everyday movements. They elevate simple actions like handshakes and walking into a complex canvas of bodily dynamics. The duet transforms an ordinary handshake into an intricate choreography of arms, elbows, and shoulders, while a seemingly endless walk showcases the versatility of leg and footwork. … Continued

ONE SONG: Histoire(s) du Théâtre IV

Miet Warlop

Irene Wool vzw

What is your history as a theatre maker? At the invitation of the Belgian city theatre NTGent, Miet Warlop formulates an answer as only she can. In the long running series Histoire(s) du Théâtre she is the fourth director to accept the challenge of a creation in which present, past and future meet each other … Continued

Chroniques

Peeping Tom

Gabriela Carrizo & Franck Chartier

Peeping Tom & & Théâtre National de Nice  / Gabriela Carrizo Among the immortal, each act (and each thought) is an echo of those who anticipated it in the past or the faithful omen of those who, in the future, willrepeat it to the point of vertigo. – Jorge Luis Borges Five figures are trapped … Continued

BREL

Rosas

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Solal Mariotte / Rosas BREL is a collaboration between Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and dancer and upcoming choreographer Solal Mariotte. Even before their collaboration on Exit Above – which was presented at the Avignon Festival in 2023 – Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and Solal Mariotte discovered their shared fascination for the … Continued

Foreshadow

Not Standing

Alexander Vantournhout

After VanThorhout, in which Alexander Vantournhout appeared solo on stage, Not Standing returns with a group show featuring eight acrobat-dancers. The performers move like gears of a collective body to the tunes of experimental rock music. Together they explore quasi-impossible balances, challenge each other and defy gravity. With the tightly orchestrated chaotic movement landscapes of … Continued

Through the Grapevine

Not Standing

Alexander Vantournhout

Through the Grapevine is a quirky pas de deux between two men. Performers Alexander Vantournhout and Axel Guérin show their bodies, stripped of all frills. They are trained but certainly not perfect. They do not try to convince with virtuous movements. Gradually, their athletic bodies collide with physical limitations and their movements guide them in … Continued

What Remains

Zoë Demoustier

Zoë Demoustier / Ultima Vez What Remains is a story about beginning and ending, about standing at the very end of a lifeline, at the point where you start as a child or where you end as an older one. The poetry of changing as a person, making memories and the fear of losing them. … Continued

Ghost Writer and the Broken Hand Break

Miet Warlop

Irene Wool vzw

“What is your true matter of practice?” a ghost writer asked Miet Warlop once. “Electric jellyfish”, she said. “In transition. From tension to attention, from breathing to singing, from focus to staring, from staring to starring. Vibrating with the smallest detail in galaxy. And there is no frame to add, only gravity. In obeying its … Continued

Tolon kè!

Serge Aimé Coulibaly

Faso Danse Théâtre

A danced concert by Serge Aimé Coulibaly & Faso Danse Théâtre Life is too short and too precious to spend it distracting ourselves and accumulating perishable treasure. Instead, let us seek to understand its true meaning and enrich our souls. Maxime attributed to Socrates With his new performance, Serge Aimé Coulibaly invites us to a … Continued

Swing

Circus Ronaldo

With Swing, Circus Ronaldo opens up the stage to a new generation. With his father Danny Ronaldo as his coach, Nanosh Ronaldo and five young circus performers have conjured up the circus and variety vibe of the first half of the 20th century. Swing is a performance for a wide audience and for all ages, … Continued

After All Springville

Miet Warlop

Irene Wool vzw

Disasters and Amusement Parks A comic book coming to life with a walking table, a colorful-smoking cottage and a frustrated fuse box about the tragic failure of a community. In it, an explosive narrative unfolds around a colorful-smoking cardboard house, its inhabitants and the neighborhood: an elegant walking table that would like nothing better than … Continued

Sono io ?

Circus Ronaldo

A quest for reconciliation, between father and son, between performer and audience, between former glory and fresh opportunities.   Danny and Pepijn Ronaldo, father and son, together on stage. United by a shared passion for music and tricks, they build a bridge between similarities and differences. The father seems entrenched in his past, desperately searching for … Continued

Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’Inventione

Rosas

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Radouan Mriziga, Amandine Beyer / Rosas, A7LA5, Gli Incogniti In Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’Inventione, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Radouan Mriziga set out to explore Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. The starting point for this new choreographic work is the exquisite recording of Vivaldi’s composition by virtuosic violinist and long-time … Continued

EXIT ABOVE – after the tempest / d’après la tempête / naar de storm

Rosas

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Meskerem Mees, Jean-Marie Aerts, Carlos Garbin For EXIT ABOVE, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker retraces her steps: to the roots of dance, the roots of Western pop music. Since her earliest work, ‘my walking is my dancing’ is one of her guiding principles: walking as a primary form of movement, so familiar … Continued

Da Capo

Circus Ronaldo

Da Capo is a caravan of life that is passing by. Generations appearing and disappearing. Being born and passing away. Strength. Beauty. Loss. Love. ‘Da Capo’ is a chronicle of a circus family. An evocative, filmic performance of a family history of love, necessity, apparent coincidence and passion. From a 15-year old boy who ran … Continued

La Cucina dell’Arte

Circus Ronaldo

Since they were children, the brothers David and Danny Ronaldo have been playing the comedy of human weakness, ‘the clown’. Foolish human power games are also the main theme of La Cucina dell’Arte. The hierarchy behind the pots and pans and the relationship between the chef and the assistant provide perfect situations for these clowns. … Continued

DIPTYCH / TRIPTYCH

Peeping Tom

Gabriela Carrizo & Franck Chartier

The missing door, The lost room, (The hidden floor) DIPTYCH / TRIPTYCH consists of two or three short pieces: The missing door (directed by Gabriela Carrizo), The lost room and The hidden floor (both directed by Franck Chartier). In this creation, Peeping Tom is reimagining the three short pieces and adapting them from the originals … Continued

Africa Simply The Best

Serge Aimé Coulibaly

Faso Danse Théâtre

The three best African dance solos, selected by a jury headed by Serge Aimé Coulibaly, will be touring in Africa and Europe in 2024 and 2025. In 2015, Serge Aimé Coulibaly organised the first Simply The Best, a competition for the best dance solo, which was open to young dancers and choreographers from all over … Continued