Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Radouan Mriziga / Rosas, A7LA5: Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’Inventione

In the organizer's words:

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons is one of the most frequently performed pieces of music in the classical repertoire. It is also an impressive ode to nature. In interplay with the famous piece of music and the many associations and emotions it evokes, four dancers from different dance styles and generations unfold a complex repertoire of movements of impressive beauty. Sometimes as gentle as a gentle wind, sometimes as energetic as a thunderstorm, they work their way to the climax of the score - constantly reinterpreting cycles, patterns and rhythms. The joint choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Radouan Mriziga celebrates the beauty of nature and music - and at the same time emphasizes their vulnerability and our changing relationship to the climate in the face of the ecological catastrophe of the present.

De Keersmaeker and Mriziga, who already worked together in 2020, share a strong interest in the observation of nature, geometry and embodied abstraction.

"Dance is not only embodied celebration and consolation but also reflection. We can ask questions without making explicit statements. Considering the complexity and the extremeness of the times, to raise questions may be all we can do. What kind of past do we remember? What kind of future do we imagine? This music was written more than 300 years ago. It was full of surprises for us. It depicts man as alone, fearful and powerless in the face of nature. Its subject is simple, and everyone can relate to it. At the same time, it is multidimensional. It is layered: technically, as well as in terms of the story, and how it represents nature, and organizes time and space." (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker,full interview in English here.)[1]

[1] "Dance is not only embodied celebration and embodied consolation, it is also reflection. We can ask questions without clear statements. Given the complexity and extraordinary conditions of time, questions are perhaps all we can contribute. What kind of past do we remember? What kind of future do we imagine? This music was written more than 300 years ago. It was full of surprises for us. It portrays man as lonely, fearful and powerless in the face of nature. Its subject matter is simple, comprehensible to everyone. At the same time, it is multidimensional. It presents several layers: technical, but also historical, in how it represents nature and how it organizes time and space." (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker)

Anne Teresa De Keersmeaker is the winner of the Praemium Imperiale 2025 - the "Nobel Prize for the Arts" - in the Theater/Filmcategory .