Dance
En Atendant
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Rosas
The enormously influential choreographer Anne Teresa De
Keersmaeker has a distinctive ear for music—finding mesmerizing
drama in patterns of sound to add stunning dimensionality to
movement. This fall, she returns to BAM with her Belgium-based
company, Rosas, to present two companion works grounded in the
exquisite polyphonic medieval vocal style known as ars
subtilior: En Atendant, a breathtaking showcase of movement
counterpoint; and Cesena, which features the ravishing vocal group
graindelavoix.
In En Atendant, De Keersmaeker’s style of deliberate,
fluid movement takes us into the soft glow of twilight. Eight
bodies cluster, disperse, and connect again in a corporeal
counterpoint, echoing the dissonant music of an onstage trio (viol,
recorder, and voice).
Concept by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Created with and performed by Rosas
Set design by Michel François
Costume design by Anne-Catherine Kunz
In Cesena, choreographed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, dancers inscribe their sweeping movements on a stage circled with sand to music by vocal ensemble graindelavoix.
In conjunction with this season’s En Atendant & Cesena, the enormously influential choreographer examines her history at BAM with Anna Kisselgoff, former chief dance critic for The New York Times.
Considered one of the most original and influential choreographers working today, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker founded her company, Rosas, in 1983.