OPERA BALLET VLAANDEREN
TRISHA BROWN · Twelve Ton Rose
ANNE TERESA DE KEERSMAEKER · Piano Phase and Clapping Music
JAN MARTENS · On Speed and Graciela Quintet
2h30 with intermissions
In five astonishing pieces by three choreographers from different generations, the dancers of the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen rekindle a joyous dialogue between dance and contemporary chamber music.
The works of Trisha Brown, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, and Jan Martens have often embraced twentieth-century virtuoso, minimalist music in works that balance abstraction and legibility, freedom and constraints. Fase by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker provide a model of this. Taken from Fase, Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich (1982), they inaugurate a game using the geometry of movements and the repetition of simple, recombined sentences, which have become a signature of this choreographer. Trisha Brown’s Twelve Ton Rose (1996) is a later creation by this American choreographer that is no less iconic. Guided par the dodecaphonic music of Austrian composer Anton Webern, the piece plays on counterpoint to surprising effect. A great admirer of these two more senior artists, Jan Martens created the solo work Elisabeth Gets Her Way in 2021, from which he has extracted the frenetic On Speed, and which is danced to Stephen Montague’s music composed for harpsichord. The Belgian choreographer is also presenting a new work, Graciela Quintet, inspired by the pure lines of Graciela Paraskevaídis’s compositions.
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TRISHA BROWN · Twelve Ton Rose
Composition Anton Webern Choreography Trisha Brown With Aleix Labara i Cerver, Anaïs De Caster, Yaiza Davilla Gómez, Lara Fransen, Matthew Johnson, Philipe Lens, Allison McGuire, Willem-Jan Sas, Rune Verbilt Costumes Burt Barr Lighting design Spencer Brown Staging Trisha Brown Dance Company in cooperation with Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
ANNE TERESA DE KEERSMAEKER · Piano Phase and Clapping Music
Composition Steve Reich Choreography Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker With Jasmine Achtari, Madison Vomastek Lighting design Remon Fromont Costumes Martine André, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
JAN MARTENS · ON SPEED and GRACIELA QUINTET
GRACIELA QUINTET
Composition Graciela Paraskevaídis Choreography Jan Martens With Brent Daneels, Towa Iwase, Taichi Sakai, Shane Urton, Louiza Avraam Dramaturgy Tom Swaak Costume design Cédric Charlier Lighting design Elke Verachtert
ON SPEED – Excerpt from ELISABETH GETS HER WAY (GRIP)
Composition Stephen Montague Choreography Jan Martens With David Ledger Costume design Cédric Charlier Lighting design Elke Verachtert
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Grande Halle
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Line 5 - Porte de Pantin station
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Bus 75, 151 - Porte de Pantin stop
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- Partially accessible to deaf individuals, depending on the programming.
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- Partially accessible to visually impaired and blind individuals.
- Accessible to individuals with psychological, cognitive, and intellectual disabilities.
- Light food and refreshments available on-site before the show in the Grande Halle.
- Several dining options available in the park before or after the show, discover them HERE.
- The show includes two intermissions of 15 minutes each.
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