Vortex Temporum

In "Vortex Temporum" by the French composer Gérard Grisey, a musical phrase is born then transformed on three temporal levels: the familiar tempo of human speech and breathing, the expanded tempo of whales and the contracted time of birds and insects.

Rosas and the Ictus company jointly explore these temporal experiences. The distinguished choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker uses her favorite motifs -circles, eddies and spirals- to convey the complex nature of time, creating a large and ever-changing sculpture on stage out of sounds, musicians’ gestures, dancers’ movements and dynamics shaped by the space.

Credits

Choreography
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Created with and danced by
Boštjan Antončič, Carlos Garbin, Marie Goudot, Cynthia Loemij, Julien Monty, Michaël Pomero, Igor Shyshko
Created with
Chrysa Parkinson
Music
Vortex Temporum, Gérard Grisey (1996)
Light design
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Luc Schaltin
Artistic advisor light
Michel François
Costumes
Anne-Catherine Kunz
Musical dramaturgy
Bojana Cvejić
Artistic assistant
Femke Gyselinck
Rehearsal director
Mark Lorimer
Artistic coordination and planning
Anne Van Aerschot
Technical Management
Joris Erven
Sound
Vanessa Court
Assistant costumes
Valérie Dewaele
Dresser
Natalie Wynants
Sewing
Maria Eva Rodriguez, Tatjana Vilkitskaia
Technicians
Wannes De Rydt, Michael Smets
Production
Rosas
Coproduction
De Munt / La Monnaie (Brussels), Ruhrtriennale, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), Sadler’s Wells (London), Opéra de Lille, ImpulsTanz (Vienna), Holland Festival (Amsterdam), Concertgebouw Brugge (Bruges)
World Premiere
Ruhrtriennale, 3 October 2013
Special thanks to
Thierry Bae, Jean-Paul Van Bendegem