© Anne Van Aerschot
Show
Il Cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Inventione
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Radouan Mriziga / Rosas, A7LA5
February 22 – 23, 2025
Running time: 90'
One of the most iconic pieces of classical music, Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons is a layered ode to nature. It is precisely the multidimensionality of the musical composition that inspires the creative process of the latest collaboration between Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker – a cult figure in world contemporary dance – and choreographer Radouan Mriziga. The choreographic writing transforms the musical score into geometric and abstract movement patterns: the four dancers explore the seasons separately and together, allowing multiple voices, points of intersection, and tension to emerge. Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’Inventione goes back to the primary structure of Vivaldi’s music, inviting us to reflect on the need and urgency for radical social, spiritual, and political acts to heal the crisis between humans and nature.
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker studied dance at the Mudra School in Brussels and the Tisch School of the Arts in New York. In 1983 she founded the dance company Rosas in Brussels. Her choreography is based on a rigorous and prolific exploration of the relationship between dance and music and has been presented worldwide. Her work also draws on formal principles from geometry, numerical patterns, the natural world, and social structures to offer a unique perspective on the articulation of the body in space and time. In 1995 she founded the P.A.R.T.S. (Performing Arts Research and Training Studios) school in Brussels in association with De Munt/La Monnaie.
Choreographer and dancer Radouan Mriziga studied dance in Marrakech and Tunisia, and at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels, where he graduated in 2012. From 2014 onward he began creating his own works. In November 2023, he premiered Atlas/The Mountain, the first part of a new trilogy focusing on the culture, knowledge and history of the Amazigh to explore choreographic landscapes and ecosystems. The 2024 creation is Radouan Mriziga’s second collaboration with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. The choreographers previously worked together on 3IRD5 @ W9RK (2020), created for the garden of La Maison des Arts in Brussels.
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Due to ongoing works in Triennale, the theater is not accessible by lift. To avoid the stairs, enter through the gate in the park, in Viale Alemagna. The entrance is also accessible to people with disabilities.
Credits
Choreography: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Radouan Mriziga
Created with and Danced by: Boštjan Antončič, Nassim Baddag, Lav Crnčević, José Paulo dos Santos
Music: Antonio Vivaldi, Le quattro stagioni
Recording: Amandine Beyer, Gli Incogniti, Alpha Classics/Outhere Music 2015
Musical Analysis: Amandine Beyer
Poems: Asmaa Jama, ‘We, the salvage'; Antonio Vivaldi, ‘Le quattro stagioni’
Set and Light Design: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Radouan Mriziga
Costume Design: Aouatif Boulaich
Rehearsal Director: Eleni Ellada Damianou
Assistant to the Artistic Director: Martine Lange
Artistic Coordination and Planning: Anne Van Aerschot
Tour Manager: Emma Hermans
Technical Director: Thomas Verachtert
Technicians: Jan Balfoort, Thibault Rottiers
Costume Coordinator: Alexandra Verschueren
Assisted by: Chiara Mazzarolo, Els Van Buggenhout
Wardrobe: Chiara Mazzarolo
Managing Director: Lies Martens
Distribution: Frans Brood Productions
Production: Rosas
Co-Production: Berliner Festspiele, Charleroi danse - centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles, Concertgebouw Brugge, De Munt/La Monnaie, Festival d'Automne à Paris, Festival de Marseille, ImPulsTanz, Sadler's Wells, Théâtre de la Ville-Paris
Premiere: May 11, 2024, Rosas Performance Space, presented by De Munt/La Monnaie, Kaaitheater and Kunstenfestivaldesarts
With the support of: Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
This production is realized with the support of: Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, in collaboration with Casa Kafka Pictures
Rosas is supported by: Flemish Community and Flemish Community Commission (VGC)
