Ballet: Creation 2023 - Schedule, Program & Tickets
Ballet: Creation 2023
Bach, Mozart, Schönberg - and now pop? Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is one of the most musical choreographers of our time. Since the 1980s, she and her group Rosas have been considered masters of the dialogue between music and movement. The Belgian choreographer transforms even the most intricate compositions into impressively clear dance pieces.
In her new creation she now turns to the genre of pop music. And this choice is less surprising than it might seem at first glance. Even a diva like Beyoncé recognized that De Keersmaeker's dance language was perfect for pop, using elements from Rosas danst Rosas in her 2011 video for Countdown. De Keersmaeker reacted calmly and called for people to dance sequences from the piece and share the videos. More than 1,500 people from all over the world accepted the invitation, De Keersmaeker had finally arrived in pop. De Keersmaeker has also often used pop music in her plays, for example the Beatles in The Song. "Pop is the music we deal with the most in our daily lives," she has said. "It combines melody, rhythm, dance, poetry and a certain kind of theatricality, a spectacle." Pop tells stories, awakens human emotions that connect us. Stories of relationships, love, celebrations, grief and conflict.
But how do you embody these thoughts in theatre, how do you relate to the lyrics with movement and how do you abstract something very concrete? De Keersmaeker addresses these questions with her new work, which she sees as part of her project to define dance as a place of resistance, because "joy and celebration in all their simplicity can not only be seen as healing, but also as radical."
A joint project of the Wiener Festwochen and the Volksoper Wien.
Subject to change.
In her new creation she now turns to the genre of pop music. And this choice is less surprising than it might seem at first glance. Even a diva like Beyoncé recognized that De Keersmaeker's dance language was perfect for pop, using elements from Rosas danst Rosas in her 2011 video for Countdown. De Keersmaeker reacted calmly and called for people to dance sequences from the piece and share the videos. More than 1,500 people from all over the world accepted the invitation, De Keersmaeker had finally arrived in pop. De Keersmaeker has also often used pop music in her plays, for example the Beatles in The Song. "Pop is the music we deal with the most in our daily lives," she has said. "It combines melody, rhythm, dance, poetry and a certain kind of theatricality, a spectacle." Pop tells stories, awakens human emotions that connect us. Stories of relationships, love, celebrations, grief and conflict.
But how do you embody these thoughts in theatre, how do you relate to the lyrics with movement and how do you abstract something very concrete? De Keersmaeker addresses these questions with her new work, which she sees as part of her project to define dance as a place of resistance, because "joy and celebration in all their simplicity can not only be seen as healing, but also as radical."
A joint project of the Wiener Festwochen and the Volksoper Wien.
Subject to change.
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