Drumming (1998) is undoubtedly one of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s most fascinating choreographic works: a dazzling dance set to a powerful score for percussion by Steve Reich, performed. The Ictus Ensemble bring this compelling score to life with breath-taking precision. Drumming is a stunning journey, a wave of pure dance and pure sound, a vortex of life energy.

The intention behind nothing’s for something is to make the
hidden moments in life visible and expose the reality behind the visible
world. Their sources of inspiration are Paul Klee, who danced while he
painted, Rainer Maria Rilke, the perfectionist of form and method, and
Georges Perec, the master of stories of everyday life. In nothing’s for something,
Avdal and Shinozaki go back to their roots and allow the experiences of
their site-specific projects to permeate this production for larger
theatres.

Fifth in a series of solos and duets by the French choreographer Jérôme
Bel, based on the autobiographies of dancers. In this solo Cédric
Andrieux, dancer with Merce Cunningham, Trisha Brown William Forsythe
a.o., looks back at important moments in his career.

The audience sits on all three sides of an equilateral triangle. In the middle, six dancers circulate. The performance, which premiered at the Kaaitheater last season, is a brilliant piece of choreography on three-part paradigms from science, art and philosophy. A Dance for the Newest Age (the triangle piece) is focused on dance, insatiable and greedy. ‘Everything comes: bring it on!’

A masterly dialogue between music and dance – Zita Swoon Group and the Rosas dancer Simon Mayer achieved this onstage at the Kaaitheater two seasons ago. It was called Dancing with the Sound Hobbyist and is still an adventurous dance trip through the cosmopolitan musical world of the band led by Stef Kamil Carlens.

With the Ars Subtilior as a starting point, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker creates a breathtaking performance.