Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

Quick Facts

Full Name	Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Occupation	Choreographer
Date Of Birth	Jun 11, 1960(1960-06-11)
Age	64
Birthplace	Mechelen
Country	Belgium
Birth City	Flemish Region
Horoscope	Gemini

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Biography

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is one of the most popular and richest Choreographer who was born on June 11, 1960 in Mechelen, Flemish Region, Belgium. Anne Teresa, Baroness De Keersmaeker (Dutch pronunciation”‘an@te:’re’za (pronounced d@’ke’sma’rsma’r) 1959 in Mechelen, Belgium, grew up in Wemmel) is choreographer of contemporary dance. The dance troupe she founded on her behalf, Rosas (dance ensemble) [fr] was resident on the premises of La Monnaie in Brussels from the year 1992 to 2007.

Hoppla! Hoppla! was recognized with an award of Sole d’Oro in Italy and the Grand Prix Video Danse in Sete (1989). The film Rosa was awarded the Dance Screen Award, got the Special Jury Award in the Black and White Short Film Competition at the Film Festival in Cork and was chosen to be part of the 49th Mostra Internationale d’Arte Cinematografica Venice (1992). In 1994, in Lyon there was a Dance Screen Award was offered to the film Achterland (1994) as well as Rosas int. Rosas danst Rosas obtained the Grand Prix International Video Danse in 1997, and also the prize for the special jury of the International Festival of Film and New Media on Art in Athens in 1998. In 2000, the short film Tippeke got the Grand Prix Carina Ari of the Festival International Media Dance in Boulogne-Billancourt. Additionally, in June 1995, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker was awarded the title the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. In March 1996, the administration from Antwerp province Antwerp granted them the Eugene Baie award then in May of 2000, she was given from the French Republic the “Officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” title. In 2002, she was awarded the annual award from the Gabriella Moortgat Stichting as well as the medaille of Vermeil by the City of Paris and a medal (‘Erepenning’) of the Belgian Flemish government. In 2004, she was awarded with the “Keizer Karelprijs” by the province of Oost Vlaanderen. In 2008, she became–again in France–“Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres”.

In 1995, Rosas and La Monnaie launched in Brussels a new international school for contemporary dance, the Performing Arts Research and Training Studios (PARTS), where sixty students coming from some 25 countries are trained, over a three-year period, by more than 50 teachers.

In December 1996, Woud, three movements to the music of Berg, Schönberg & Wagner was premièred in Seville. At the beginning of 1997, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker created, together with Steve Paxton and The Wooster Group, 3 solos for Vincent Dunoyer. In November 1997, Just Before, to a live performance by the Ictus Ensemble of music composed by Magnus Lindberg, John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Steve Reich, Pierre Bartholomée and Thierry De Mey, was presented in La Monnaie. In February 1998, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker made her debut as an opera director at La Monnaie with Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle. In August 1998, the Impuls Festival in Vienna premièred Drumming, a production to Steve Reich’s composition of the same name. In November Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker created The Lisbon Piece, for the Portuguese Companhia Nacional de Bailado: her first experience as a guest choreographer. In March 1999, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker created, together with Rosas dancer Cynthia Loemij and Jolente De Keersmaeker and Frank Vercruyssen from the theatre company STAN, Quartett; a dance-theatre performance based on the text by Heiner Müller. One month later, she choreographed and danced a duet with Elizabeth Corbett for the production with/for/by. In May 1999, Rosas premiered I said I, a collaboration with Jolente De Keersmaeker for the direction, with the Ictus Ensemble, Aka Moon and DJ Grazzhoppa for the music composition and execution. Jan Joris Lamers designed the set and lighting and Dries van Noten the costumes. For In Real Time in 2000, Rosas again collaborated with Stan, as well as with the jazz- ensemble Aka Moon for the composition and live interpretation of the music. In January 2001, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker created Rain, another performance to a score by Steve Reich, his Music for 18 Musicians. 2002 saw the celebration of twenty years of Rosas and ten years of residence at La Monnaie, with the re-run of the text-pieces, the creation of (but if a look should) April me and Rain live, the two latter accompanied by Brussels contemporary music ensemble Ictus. A 336 pages book Rosas, if and only if wonder was published and a multimedia exhibition was organised in newly opened halls at the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, and was attended by over 15,000 people. Once, a solo to the music of Joan Baez, concluded the celebration year’s performances. 2003 showed yet a new evolution: whereas in the past her choreographies had been very precise and closely linked to the music, in Bitches Brew / Tacoma Narrows, De Keersmaeker for the first time allowed improvisation by her dancers during the performance.

The performances as well as the film work of Anne Teresa Keersmaeker have been praised by international awards. Rosas int Rosas was awarded the Bessie Award (1987), Mikrokosmos was awarded an award from the Japanese Dance Award for the most international production (1989), Stella got the London Dance and Performances Award (1989) Drumming was awarded an award called the Golden Laurel Wreath for the most effective choreography in Sarajevo (October 1998). The year 2011, Stella was awarded the American Dance Festival Award for her work and on the ceremony, she presented her most iconic works Rosas int Rosas (1983).

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Net Worth

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is one of the richest Choreographer from Belgium. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

De Keersmaeker was not a student of dance until the end of her senior year in high school, instead focusing on music, particularly the flute. She was a student from 1978 until the year 1980 in Mudra in Brussels the city of Brussels, which has connections with La Monnaie and to Maurice Bejart’s Ballet of the 20th Century. She has claimed that the percussionist as well as her music instructor at MUDRA Fernand Schirren, who was a teacher at MUDRAis a major impact on her. The year 1981 was the first time she enrolled in her first class at Tisch School of Fine Arts of New York University. While at Tisch she performed her first performance, Asch (1980), in Brussels. Following her return to in the U.S.A. she came up with Fase [fr] which was four movement in tune with Steve Reich. It was this performance that gave her “a breakthrough on the international dance scene, performing, among other places, at the Avignon Festival”.

The popularity of Fase was a major factor in the founding of Rosas organization in 1983. Rosas int Rosas was Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker’s first choreography choreographed for the company’s young age to fresh compositions composed by Thierry De Mey, and Peter Vermeersch – brought Rosas an international recognition as a business. In the eighties, Rosas was assisted with the help of Kaaitheater located in Brussels (director Hugo De Greef). In the context of Kaaitheater her work began to take form. Performances such as Elena’s Aria (1984), Bartok/Aantekeningen (1986), a staging of Heiner Muller’s triptych Verkommenes Ufer/Medeamaterial Landschaft mit Argonauten (1987), Mikrokosmos-Monument Selbstportrat mit Reich und Riley (und Chopin ist auch dabei)/In zart fliessender Bewegung – Quatuor Nr.4, (1987), Ottone, Ottone (1988), Stella (1990) and Achterland (1990) were produced in collaboration with Kaaitheater.

In 1992, La Monnaie’s general director Bernard Foccroulle invited Rosas to become the resident company of Brussels’ Royal Opera De Munt/La Monnaie. At the start of the residency, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker set herself three objectives: to intensify the relation between dance and music, to build a repertory, and to launch a dance school (after the disappearance of MUDRA from Brussels in 1988). That year, Rosas created ERTS and released Rosa – a film of a choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker to Bartók music directed by Peter Greenaway. Later that year, Rosas created Mozart Concert Arias, un moto di gioia for the Avignon Festival. A production made in collaboration with the Orchestre des Champs Elysées, directed by Philippe Herreweghe. In 1993, Rosas created Toccata, to the music of J.S. Bach, for the Holland Festival. In May 1994, the KunstenFESTIVALdes Arts in Brussels premièred Kinok, produced in collaboration with Thierry De Mey and the Ictus Ensemble. At the end of 1994, this collaboration resulted in a new creation: Amor Constante más allá de la muerte. In November 1995, La Monnaie premièred Verklärte Nacht, a choreography that was part of a production of Schönberg music Erwartung/Verklärte Nacht.

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Anne Ranked on the list of most popular Choreographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Belgium. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker celebrates birthday on June 11 of every year.

Who influenced Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker?

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, Fernand Schirren , was a major influence on her.

What is the meaning behind Rosas Danst Rosas?

De Keersmaker has stated that the most important connotation of the name Rosas, to her, is that “it refers to women, as the name Rosa is a woman’s name. The title of the piece, “Rosas danst Rosas”, meant we dance ourselves , and repetition was already contained in the title.”

Who designed the costume in Rosas Danst Rosas?

Ictus Ensemble is the regular music group for Rosas. Fashion designer Dries van Noten is their regular costume designer.

Where is Rosas danst Rosas set?

In 1997, the piece was filmed by Thierry De Mey (who provided the original score for the piece) in an old technical school in Leuven, Belgium , casting a new light on the staging and sequencing of the four sections of Rosas danst Rosas and offering a cinematic interpretation of the work.

Who choreographed Rosas danst Rosas?

Rosas danst Rosas is, in many ways, one of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s signature pieces. In 1983, the work finalised the choreographic vocabulary she had first outlined a year earlier in her debut Fase marking the beginning of a long choreographic journey.