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Samantha Van Wissen
Samantha van Wissen (born 1970 in Roermond) is a Dutch dancer who is mostly known for her work with the Brussels-based choreographers Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas and Thomas Hauert / ZOO.Biography of Samantha van Wissen on the website of the RuhrtriennaleBiography of Samantha van Wissen on the website of ImPulsTanz - Vienna International Dance Festival] Training and start as a dancer She studied at the Hogeschool voor Muziek en Theater Rotterdam (High School for Music and Theater, renamed[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancer
Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire of movements, or by its historical period or place of origin. An important distinction is to be drawn between the contexts of theatrical and participatory dance, although these two categories are not always completely separate; both may have special functions, whether social, ceremonial, competitive, erotic, martial, or sacred/liturgical. Other forms of human movement are sometimes said to have a dance-like quality, including martial arts, gymnastics, cheerleading, figure skating, synchronized swimming, marching bands, and many other forms of athletics. There are many professional athletes like, professional football players and soccer players, who take dance classes to help with their skills. To be more specific professional athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Anne Teresa, Baroness De Keersmaeker (, born 1960 in Mechelen, Belgium, grew up in Wemmel) is a contemporary dance choreographer. The dance company constructed around her, , was in residence at La Monnaie in Brussels from 1992 to 2007. Biography De Keersmaeker did not study dance until her last year of high school, instead studying music, specifically the flute. She studied from 1978 to 1980 at Mudra in Brussels, a school with links to La Monnaie and to Maurice Béjart's Ballet of the 20th Century. She has said that the percussionist and her music teacher at MUDRA, , was a major influence on her. In 1981, she attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. While at the Tisch she presented her first production, ''Asch'' (1980), in Brussels. In 1982 upon her return from the U.S.A. she created '', four movements to the music of Steve Reich''. It was this production that brought her "a breakthrough on the international dance scene, performing, among other places, at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hauert
Thomas Hauert is a Swiss dancer and choreographer, leader of the Brussels-based company ZOO. Early life and education Born and raised in Switzerland, Thomas Hauert studied at the Rotterdam Dance Academy in the Netherlands. Career He moved to Brussels in 1991 to work in Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s company Rosas. He then collaborated with David Zambrano, Gonnie Heggen and Pierre Droulers. After the creation of the solo ''Hobokendans'' (1997), he founded his company ZOO (based on the name of a book used by the group as study material) with fellow dancers Mark Lorimer, Sarah Ludi, Mat Voorter and Samantha van Wissen. Their first performance, ''Cows in Space'' (1998), was awarded two prizes at the Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis. The work of Hauert first developed from research on movement, with a particular interest in improvisation-based processes exploring the tension between freedom and constraint, individuals and the group, order and dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codarts
Codarts University for the Arts ( nl, Codarts hogeschool voor de kunsten) is a Dutch vocational university in Rotterdam that teaches music, dance and circus. It was established in its present location in 2000. History Codarts can trace its origins to the Rotterdam Conservatorium voor Muziek (Rotterdam Conservatory of Music), popularly known as the Conservatorium Holthaus after its director, Jos Holthaus (1879-1943). In 1886 the German violinist Willy Hess took up a professorship in the Rotterdam Conservatorium voor Muziek which he held for two years. In 1930 the alternative Rotterdamsch Toonkunst Conservatorium (Rotterdam Musical Arts Conservatory) was founded with the composer Willem Pijper as director. The Rotterdamse Dansschool (Rotterdam Dance School) was established in 1931 by Corrie Hartong as director and the German dancer Gertrud Leistikow as a teacher. At first the dance school was part of the Conservatorium Holthaus. In 1935 the dance school transferred to Pijper's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, but is separate from the Flemish Region (within which it forms an enclave) and the Walloon Region. Brussels is the most densely populated region in Belgium, and although it has the highest GDP per capita, it has the lowest available income per household. The Brussels Region covers , a relatively small area compared to the two other regions, and has a population of over 1.2 million. The five times larger metropolitan area of Brusse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Opera
The Paris Opera (, ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be known more simply as the . Classical ballet as it is known today arose within the Paris Opera as the Paris Opera Ballet and has remained an integral and important part of the company. Currently called the , it mainly produces operas at its modern 2,723-seat theatre Opéra Bastille which opened in 1989, and ballets and some classical operas at the older 1,979-seat Palais Garnier which opened in 1875. Small scale and contemporary works are also staged in the 500-seat Amphitheatre under the Opéra Bastille. The company's annual budget is in the order of 200 million euros, of which €100M come from the French state and €70M from box office receipts. With this money, the company runs the two houses and supports a large permanent staff, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival
ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival is a major contemporary dance festival held in Vienna, Austria each year. It gathers thousands of professional dancers, choreographers and teachers for a five-week program of performance, research projects and workshops. It was started by Karl Regensburger and choreographer Ismael Ivo in 1984 as the "Internationale Tanzwochen Wien" with dance teachers including Joe Alegado, Germaine Acogny and Walter Raines. In 1988 it took the name "ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival" with works by Wim Vandekeybus, Marie Chouinard Marie Chouinard OC (born 14 May 1955) is a Canadian dancer, choreographer, and dance company director. Life and work In 1978, Chouinard presented her first work, ''Crystallization''. After 12 years as a solo performer and choreographer, Chouina ... and Mark Tompkins. It set up danceWEB Europe in 1996, initially as a scholarship program and now facilitating sharing ideas and knowledge, further training and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilbeek
Dilbeek () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality comprises the villages of Dilbeek proper, Groot-Bijgaarden, Itterbeek (with Sint-Anna-Pede), Schepdaal (with Sint-Gertrudis-Pede), Sint-Martens-Bodegem, and Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle. Dilbeek is located just outside the Brussels-Capital Region, in the Pajottenland, hence the local name ''Poort van het Pajottenland'' (Gate to the Pajottenland). Even though Dilbeek is located in the Dutch language area of Belgium, there is a French-speaking minority represented by 3 members on the 35-seat local council. It is a mostly residential community with some preserved rural areas and some industrial zones. History Medieval origins The life of Saint Alena, the 7th-century martyr daughter of a lord of Dilbeek, was set in Dilbeek and Forest (Vorst). The historical facts of her life, however, are disputed. In Carolingian times, Dilbeek and its neighbouring villages were part of the pag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ictus Ensemble
ICTUS is a Belgian orchestra, founded by in 1994, specialising in contemporary classical music. It is based in Brussels where it is involved in frequent collaborations with the contemporary dance choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. The orchestra specialises in music written since 1950 with an emphasis on contemporary compositions. Selected recordings * Oscar Bianchi: ''Matra'', Cyprès, CYP4502 * Fausto Romitelli / Paolo Pachini: ''An Index of Metals'', Cyprès, CYP5622 *Georges Aperghis / Peter Szendy: ''Avis de Tempête'', Cyprès, CYP5621 *Fausto Romitelli: ''Professor Bad Trip'', Cyprès, CYP5620 *Steve Reich: ''Drumming'', Cyprès, CYP5608 *Terry Riley: '' In C'', Cyprès 5601 * Jonathan Harvey: ''Wheel of Emptiness'', Cyprès, CYP5604 *Georges Aperghis: ''Die Hamletmaschine – Oratorio'', Cyprès, CYP5607 *: ''Melencholia si...'', Sub Rosa ''Sub rosa'' (New Latin for "under the rose") denotes secrecy or confidentiality. The rose has an ancient history as a sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Lorimer
Mark Lorimer is a British dancer and choreographer, best known for his work with the Brussels-based choreographers Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Thomas Hauert. Early life and education Mark Lorimer was a student at the London Contemporary Dance School, and graduated in 1991. Dance career After that, he joined the dance company The Featherstonehaughs (a sister company of The Cholmondeleys) of choreographer Lea Anderson. Until 1993, he worked with them on various stage art projects, but also on films, local projects and an adaptation of Pasolini's ''Teorema'' with theatre and opera director Lucy Bailey. In 1993, he moved to Brussels to work with the Compagnie Michèle Anne De Mey on ''Pulcinella'', a dance production with a live version of the ''Italian Suite'' from Igor Stravinsky's ''Pulcinella''. Collaboration with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas His most important (and longest) collaboration, however, was the one he started with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Ludi
Sarah Ludi (1971) is a Swiss dancer who is based in Brussels and is best known for her work with the choreographers Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas and Thomas Hauert / ZOO. Training Sarah Ludi was born in Switzerland and grew up in Geneva. As a dancer, she was formed at the Ballet Junior de Genève, and by the Argentinian but in Geneva working choreographer Noemi Lapzeson. Collaboration with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas From Geneva she traveled to Paris and then to Brussels, where she joined the dance company Rosas of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. The first new Rosas production in which danced was ''Kinok'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 1994). After that, a handful of other new productions followed, plus the restagings of three older productions (including ''Rosas danst Rosas'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 1983). Collaboration with Thomas Hauert / ZOO From 1998 she also started dancing in productions of the dance company ZOO of the Swiss, but in Brussels res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Births
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