'A bright Flemish girl. Sharp in her movement. As a knife. Surprised, as though she didn't really know what she was doing, but of course she knew. Sweat on her upper lip. Feet on the floor.' Author and actor Josse De Pauw concisely sketches how he remembers Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker as she danced in Rosas danst Rosas, next to a 'robust Italian girl', a 'little Japanese girl' and a 'big Wallonian girl.'
Other texts in this book are more extensive. All the texts together - solid essays, searching interviews and vivid recollections - provide a probing view of the work of the choreographer and her company. This book traces in text, image and data, the path Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Rosas followed over the last twenty years. An indispensable reference book for the many devotees of Rosas and contemporary dance. With contributions from Jean-Marc Adolphe, Sara Jansen, Anna Luyten, Jean-Luc Plouvier, Pieter T'Jonck, Michel Uytterhoeven, Elke Van Campenhout, Ivo van Hove, and Marianne Van Kerkhoven. Rosas/ Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, if and only if wonder brings together many brilliant and often unpublished photographs by Herman Sorgeloos and others, including Bernard Dexters, Serge Leblon and Jean-Luc Tanghe.
Available in English (ISBN 978 94 6230 165 8), French (ISBN 978 94 6230 162 7) and Dutch | 248 pages
Authors
Jean-Marc Adolphe, Sara Jansen, Anna Luyten, Jean-Luc Plouvier, Pieter T'Jonck, Michel Uytterhoeven, Elke Van Campenhout, Marianne Van Kerkhoven
Testimonials
Georges Aperghis, Benjamin Barber, Jérôme Bel, Laurent Busine, Eric De Kuyper, Josse De Pauw, Mark De Putter, Tim Etchells, Bernard Foccroulle, Jonathan Harvey, Helena Katz, Christian Lacroix, Rudy Laermans, Gorik Lindemans, Laurence Louppe, Steve Paxton, Alain PLatel, Steve Reich, Arco Renz, Jan Ritsema, Paul Robbrecht, Tiago Rodrigues, Ivo van Hove, Peter Verhelst, Sigrid Vinks
Photography
Christian Altorfer, Frédérique Debras, Alun de H., Bernaded Dexters, Yves Gervais, Michiel Hendryckx, Peggy Jarrell Kaplan, Serge Leblon, Elena olivo, Marie-Françoise plissart, Hans Roels, Herman Sorgeloos, Jean Luc Tanghe, Nathalie Willems and video stills by Wolfgang Kolb and Walter Verdin.
Editors
Guy Gypens, Sara Jansen, Theo Van Rompay
Translators
Oonagh Duckworth, Sara Jansen, Jan Sterckx
Editorial assistant
Chris Maes
Graphic design
Paul Boudens
Publisher
La Renaissance du Livre