Archive - Dance Umbrella 2006

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FOCUS ON ROSAS

Whilst Dance Umbrella 2005, with its France Moves intiative, focused on one country, the 2006 festival highlighted for the first time the work of a single choreographer.

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and her company Rosas have been at the forefront of contemporary dance world-wide for more than two decades. Dance Umbrella introduced London audiences to Anne Teresa’s choreography in 1982 when she and Michèle Anne de Mey performed Fase at the ICA. This year, Rosas will present extracts from this seminal work at the Barbican as part of its Steve Reich celebrations. Over the intervening 24 years, Rosas has been a regular visitor to the UK, performing not only in London at Sadler’s Wells, the South Bank and The Place but also in Leicester, Glasgow, Brighton, Newcastle, Manchester and Warwick.

Dance Umbrella offers festival audiences the chance to see the impressive range of De Keersmaeker’s choreography in a number of different formats:

Performance
Installation / Exhibition
Study Day
Films

PERFORMANCE

Rosas / Alston / Khan - Dance to Music by Steve Reich - A Triple Bill
Thu 28 - Sat 30 September
Barbican Theatre

As part of the Barbican's festival to mark the 70th birthday of Steve Reich, three choreographers show works inspired by his music.

D'un soir un jour
Mon 16 & Tue 17 October
Sadler's Wells

An evening of choreography inspired by three composers; two pieces by British composer George Benjamin, alongside works by Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinksy.

Repertory Evening
Thu 19 & Fri 20 October
Sadler's Wells

With three of her signature pieces to music by Bartók, Beethoven and Schönberg, Repertory Evening is a long-awaited opportunity to re-visit
De Keersmaeker's masterworks from the 80s and 90s.

Desh
Sat 28 & Sun 29 October
Laban

An inter-connected series of solos, duets and trios to Indian ragas and the jazz of John Coltrane.

Once
Tue 31 October & Wed 1 November
The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre

De Keersmaeker's moving and very personal solo, inspired by and danced to the songs of Joan Baez.

INSTALLATION / EXHIBITION

Violin Phase / Top Shot
Installation by Thierry de Mey
Thu 28 - Sat 30 September
Barbican Centre: The Pit

De Keersmaeker created Violin Phase in 1981. In 2001, Thierry de Mey filmed the piece from the top of a 20m high crane. As De Keersmaeker dances on smooth white sand, her footprints reveal the pattern of the choreography.

Rosas Photo Exhibition
Mon 2 October to Wed 1 November
The Place: Theatre Bar

An exhibition of photographs by Herman Sorgeloos covering more than 20 years of De Keersmaeker's choreography.

STUDY DAY

Rosas Study Day
Thu 2 November
The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre

Over more than two decades, De Keersmaeker has created an extraordinary body of work, of which a significant tranche, but by no means all, has been seen in London. This is a unique chance to listen to an in-depth discussion with De Keersmaeker on her collaborations with composers, film-makers, designers, writers, dramaturgs and, of course, dancers.

FILMS

Rosas On Screen
Thu 2 November
The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre

A selection of films by long-time collaborator Thierry De Mey. Includes his treatments of Rosas danst Rosas and CounterPhrases

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