dance  | grande salle | running time 1 h 50 |
tuesday 13 october 2009 at 20 h 30
wednesday 14 october 2009 at 19 h 30

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Ann Veronica Janssens et Michel François

The Song predicts the imminent arrival of a time in which an exponential acceleration of change will paradoxically bring us to complete stasis. Humans are depleting the last natural resources of the planet, their physical bodies disappearing behind technological developments and unending virtual realms. Both a leap into the unknown and a call to action, The Song is a laboratory of sound and images, a visual and sonic universe where the body and its materiality attempts to maintain itself in a nonstop moving landscape. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker enjoys sparking a dialogue between choreographic language and the artistic universes which are in theory exterior to her own. The relationships between dance and music on the one hand, and to text on the other – have been central to works which have profoundly affected the recent history of live performance. In this new work for nine men and one woman, the choreographic confrontation takes place in the realm of visual arts, rigourous and, inventive, in company with the Belgian plasticians Ann Veronica Janssens and Michel François. An exceptional evening.

dramaturgy Claire Diez/ musical dramaturgy Eugénie De Mey/ costumes Anne-Catherine Kunz/ by and with Pieter Ampe, Bostjan Antoncic, Eleanor Bauer, Carlos Garbin, Matej Kejzar, Mark Lorimer, Mikael Marklund, Simon Mayer, Michael Pomero, Sandy Williams
Production Rosas. Coproduction La Monnaie – De Munt/ Théâtre de la Ville, Paris/ Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg/ Concertgebouw Brugge.
World premiere in June 2009.