11.05, 12.05, 14 — 17.05, 22 — 26.05, 28 — 31.05

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Radouan Mriziga, / Rosas, / A7LA5 Brussels-Marrakech

Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’Inventione

dance — premiere

Rosas Performance Space

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Antonio Vivaldi composed The Four Seasons 300 years ago. Can we still talk about four seasons today? Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Radouan Mriziga draw inspiration for their new creation from a recording of Vivaldi's iconic piece by violinist and long-time Rosas collaborator Amandine Beyer and her ensemble Gli Incogniti. De Keersmaeker and Mriziga created their first piece together as part of Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2020, for the garden of La Maison des Arts. The choreographers share a keen interest in geometry, embodied abstraction and the observation of nature, while also sharing a concern for our changing and increasingly unsettling relationship with the natural environment. The Four Seasons moves them to further explore patterns, structures and elements found in nature, as well as celestial configurations as possible starting points for choreography. The piece returns to the core structure of the Vivaldi composition, offering a choreographic counterpoint to the many associations and emotions it evokes. As they reflect on the four seasons, the urgency of the impending climate crisis is made painfully clear in a beautiful, contemplative ode to nature in four chapters, presented by four bodies.

Presentation: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Kaaitheater, De Munt/La Monnaie, Rosas Performance Space
Concept, choreography, set and light design: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Radouan Mriziga | Created with and performed by Boštjan Antončič, Nassim Baddag, Lav Crnčević, José Paulo dos Santos | Music: Antonio Vivaldi, Le quattro stagioni – Amandine Beyer, Gli Incogniti, Alpha Classics/Outhere Music 2015 | Costume design: Aouatif Boulaich | Rehearsal director: Eleni Ellada Damianou
Production: Rosas | Coproduction: Concertgebouw Brugge, De Munt/La Monnaie, Berliner Festspiele, Charleroi Danse, Théâtre de la Ville, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Festival de Marseille, ImPulsTanz, Sadler’s Wells with the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels

This production is realised with the support of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, in collaboration with Casa Kafka Pictures – Belfius

Rosas is supported by the Flemish Community and the Flemish Community Commission (VGC)

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