Title – Rosas Danst Rosas

Choreographer – ______(Belgian choreographer)

Director - Thierry De Mey

Company – ______

Date of first performance – Premiere 6th May ______. Filmed in ______-

Dance styles – ______, minimalist, gesture, abstract, mechanical, grounded. Concerned with relationships whilst maintaining dancer-dancer independence

Choreographic style – Highlights single parts of the body, drawing attention to small human gestures. Movements are patterned and structured to create rhythms and perfect unison is achieved

Themes – ______

Starting point – The human vs. The abstract: Every day expression: Flirtation, longing, frustration. Music/dance relationship

Structure – ______.

Dancers – ______dancers (Stage version)

______dancers (Filmed version)

Accompaniment – Thierry De Mey and Peter Vermeersch. Electronic, percussive, minimalist music together with the natural sounds of the dancers in action

Costume – Rosas: Drab ______grey skirts and tops/ black leggings, socks and shoes. Loose fitting and ______. They appear institutional.

Lighting – ______: natural light through the windows.

Set – Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. The dance takes place in the corridors and rooms of a large, austere, empty school in Belgium. Windows, doors and walls frame the action.

Props – An assortment of ______is used for one section.

Staging – ______- An old ______.

Rosas Danst Rosas- Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker 1983 (Film 1997)

Rosas Danst Rosas is performed in eight different sections. Below is a summary of each of the sections, three of which have been described in some detail.

Section 1 – ______

Section 2 - ______

Section 3 - ______

Section 4 - ______

Section 5 – ______

Section 6 - ______

Section 7 – ______

Section 8 - ______

Movement styles

Floor – Section 2

This section is all about exploring the floor using ______with an emphasis on ______.

Key actions used are______,always using the ______ as a way into and out of the movement.

At first, the actions appear repetitive, with the same movements repeated over and over again,but this is not the case.

Focus carefully on the ______and you will see that tiny details change all the time.

______(taking pieces or ‘fragments’ of movement and putting them together in a different order) is used to great effect towards the end of the section.

Chairs – Section 3

The action content can be divided into 4 main motifs and these are ______throughout this 8 minute section, using a large amount of ______which together create a complex ______.

The 4 motifs are introduced first before building in ______.

Motif A: Cross legs. Hand to hair, bring down side of head, over ear, to neck. ______. ‘Knowing’ nod with slight smile. Face front.

Motif B: Uncross legs. Throw arms across body to L, L arm holds top of chair, R arm to L hip. ______. Rebound to upright, L arm crosses under R, R arm on knee.

Motif C: Hands behind head, elbows raised to sides. R hand to breast, flop forwards, punch R arm down. ______. Backs of hands pass under chin one after other, drop forwards, replace. Arch, hand to chin & head turn to R, drop palm in lap. Upright, ______.

Motif D: Twist/lunge to L throwing arms and clasping hands in front. Throw clasped hands across body to R, simultaneous ______. Upright, arch, hands between thighs.

Glass Interiors – Section 5

This section follows ______from ‘Building’ as a continuation.

It is primarily focused on ______, making good use of fragmentation which creates a ______effect as well as ______, ______and grouping different sets of ______together.

The result is a section where dancers ______and ______of these ______fluidly and it can be hard to spot where the change has happened.

The movement often matches the ______and ______of the music.