5.2. Ann Veronica Janssens - Kaaitheater

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September 17, 2009 La Monnaie / De Munt and Kaaitheater will present the Belgian premiere of ‘The Song’ at Kaaitheater in Brussels.
This new Rosas creation is produced by Rosas in copoduction with La Monnaie / De Munt, Théâtre de la Ville, Grand Théâtre de
Luxembourg and Concertgebouw Bruges.
‘The Song’ is about a world that is rushing ahead of itself, dashing at an ever faster tempo. A world whose acceleration is increasing to
the extent that standstill seems inevitable. As ever, at the heart of this whirlwind of change stands the body, at the eye of the storm.
As a sounding board in a reality that is chaotically transforming.
In ‘The Song’, ten dancers stand on an empty stage. It is stripped to its bare essentials. To the elementary constituents of theatre: light,
sound and movement. The acting area marked out by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, together with the artists Anne Veronica Janssens and
Michel François, is a desert. The arid land which in spite of itself gives life to new possibilities: a playful solo in which the body seeks out
its own weightlessness or a group choreography like a flock of birds in full flight, the constantly shifting patterns at the same time a
sample of mathematical precision and human inventiveness.
Performances at Kaaitheater on 17-19, 23-26 September at 8.30 pm, on 27 September at 3.00 pm / Info and tickets www.kaaitheater.be
T 02 201 59 59 of www.demunt.be T 070 23 39 39
From 5th September to 15th November 2009 Wiels is holding a solo exhibition by Ann Veronica Janssens. A ticket for Ann Veronica
Janssens at Wiels entitles you to a reduced admission fee for ‘The Song’ at the Kaaitheater and vice versa.
From 9th October 2009 to 3rd January 2010, S.M.A.K. (Museum of Contemporary Art in Ghent, Belgium) will be holding a retrospective
exhibition on the work of the Belgian artist Michel François.
For interviews, rehearsal pictures or more information you can contact Ilse Den Hond,
Press and communication officer at Rosas, T 0032 2 344 55 98 or ilse.denhond@rosas.be
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