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Dance

Drumming

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker & Rosas

Presentation
this fusion of atomic precision and raw energy is one of the masterpieces of the late 20th century— The Guardian

Drumming (1998) is one of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s most iconic choreographies, accompanied by Steve Reich’s minimalistic percussion score of the same name. The music starts with a single rhythmic motif, which subsequently multiplies and unfolds into a never-ending volley of canons. The choreographic complexity of the dance was devised in a similar fashion: a single movement phrase serves as the foundation for an infinite number of variations across time and space. When the music stops and the bodies come to a halt, the audience realises what it has witnessed: a wave of pure dance and pure sound, a vortex of vital energy.

Gallery

Gallery

© Anne Van Aerschot
© Anne Van Aerschot
© Anne Van Aerschot
© Anne Van Aerschot
© Anne Van Aerschot
© Anne Van Aerschot
Cast
Cast

Choreography ANNE TERESA DE KEERSMAEKER

Danced by ROSAS

Created in 1998 with IRIS BOUCHE, BRUCE CAMPBELL, MARTA CORONADO, ALIX EYNAUDI, FUMIYO IKEDA, MARTIN KILVÁDY, OLIVER KOCH, CYNTHIA LOEMIJ, ROBERTO OLIVÁN DE LA IGLESIA, URSULA ROBB, TAKA SHAMOTO, ROSALBA TORRES

Music STEVE REICH 'DRUMMING'

Set and lighting design JAN VERSWEYVELD

Costumes DRIES VAN NOTEN

Production 1998 ROSAS, DE MUNT / LA MONNAIE, LA BÂTIE – FESTIVAL DE GENÈVE

Coproduction DE MUNT / LA MONNAIE, SADLER'S WELLS, LES THÉÂTRES DE LA VILLE DE LUXEMBOURG

Premiere 07.08.1998 IMPULSTANZ WIEN

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