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Dance

Mystery Sonatas / for Rosa
Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Amandine Beyer / Rosas, Gli Incogniti

Presentation
Dance
A rose is a rose is a rose.— Gertrude Stein

In this new work, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker turns her choreographic research to the fifteen ‘Mystery’ or ‘Rosary’ sonatas by the 17th-century Bohemian composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber. Biber’s virtuosic violin sonatas are a musical translation of the fifteen Sacred Mysteries of the life of the Virgin Mary. Both intrinsically religious and narrative, they are also an invitation to dance, as they include musical dance forms such as gigues, allemandes, and courantes.

Attracted by the clarity of Biber’s musical structure and his numerological approach, De Keersmaeker has delved into the mystical and geometrical richness of this music and made the sonatas her own in a choreography for six dancers. For this new work, she has renewed her collaboration with the violinist Amandine Beyer, with whom she previously created Partita 2 (2013) and The Six Brandenburg Concertos (2018). Beyer will perform the Mystery Sonatas with her Gli Incogniti ensemble.

This work is dedicated to women of resistance—Rosa Bonheur, Rosa Luxemburg, Rosa Parks, and Rosa, the 15-year-old climate activist who died in the Belgian floodings of 2021.

Dates & tickets

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Location

Cirque Royal

Prices

Ticket prices
From € 11.25 to € 47.25
-30 year : € 10 - € 25.25

Running time

2h30' (without break)

Presentation

Pre-performance introduction in English 30' before the start of the performances

Gallery

Gallery

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Dates & tickets

Dates

Cast
Cast

ChoreographyANNE TERESA DE KEERSMAEKER Dansé parLAV CRNČEVIĆ, SOPHIA DINKEL, JOSÉ PAULO DOS SANTOS, RAFA GALDINO, FRANK GIZYCKI, MARIANA MIRANDA, LAURA MARIA POLETTI, CINTIA SEBŐK, JACOB STORER, MAMADOU WAGUÉ

MusicMYSTERY SONATAS, HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ BIBER Music directionAMANDINE BEYER MusiciansGLI INCOGNITI:
AMANDINE BEYER, VIOLON
FRÉDÉRIC BALDASSARE, CELLO
IGNACIO LAGUNA NAVARRO, THÉORBE
FRANCESCO ROMANO, ARCHILUTH
ELOY GALARZA ORZAIZ, CLAVECIN ET ORGUE

Set and lighting designMINNA TIIKKAINEN Rehearsal directorsDIANE MADDEN, CYNTHIA LOEMIJ CostumesFAUVE RYCKEBUSCH ResearchLIEZE ENEMAN, TESSA HALL Technical directorFREEK BOEY SoundERWAN BOULAY, ALBAN MORAUD Artistic coordination and planningANNE VAN AERSCHOT Artistic assistantMARTINE LANGE TourmanagerJOLIJN TALPE Costumes coordinatorALEXANDRA VERSCHUEREN
ASSISTED BY ELS VAN BUGGENHOUT Sewing EMMANUELLE ERHART, MARTHA VERLEYEN, ESTER MANAS WardrobeCHIARA MAZZAROLO TechniciansJAN BALFOORT, JONATHAN MAES, QUENTIN MAES, BENNERT VANCOTTEM InternMARTHA DEWIT

ProductionROSAS
CoproductionCONCERTGEBOUW BRUGGE,
LA MONNAIE (BRUXELLES),
DANCE REFLECTIONS BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS,
THÉÂTRE DE LA VILLE À PARIS,
SPOLETO FESTIVAL DEI DUE MONDI AcknowledgementsESTER MANAS, STEVEN FILLET, LA FILLE D'O, BOŠTJAN ANTONČIČ, MICHAËL POMERO, MARIE GOUDOT, YUIKA HASHIMOTO, DAVID DURÁN

Premiere16.02.2022, CONCERTGEBOUW (BRUGGE)

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