Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Radouan Mriziga / Rosas, A7LA5

Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons is one of the most frequently played musical pieces within the classical repertoire. It is also an impressive ode to nature. In the interplay between the famous piece of music and the many associations and emotions it evokes, four dancers with different dance styles and from different generations unfold a complex movement repertoire of poignant beauty. Gentle like tender wind in one moment, energy-laden like a thunderstorm in the next, they work their ways towards the score’s climax – constantly re-interpreting cycles, patterns, and rhythms in the process. The joint choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Radouan Mriziga celebrates the beauty of both nature and music – all the while emphasising its fragility and our changing relation to climate in the face of the ecological catastrophe of our present.

De Keersmaeker and Mriziga, who already collaborated before in 2020, share a strong interest in the observation of nature, geometry, and embodied abstraction.

“Dance is not only embodied celebration and consolation but also reflection. We can ask questions without making explicit statements. Considering the complexity and the extremeness of the times, to raise questions may be all we can do. What kind of past do we remember? What kind of future do we imagine? This music was written more than 300 years ago. It was full of surprises for us. It depicts man as alone, fearful and powerless in the face of nature. Its subject is simple, and everyone can relate to it. At the same time, it is multidimensional. It is layered: technically, as well as in terms of the story, and how it represents nature, and organizes time and space.” (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, to the entire interview here.

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is a laureate of the 2025 Praemium Imperiale – the ‘Nobel Prize for the Arts’ – in the category Theatre/Film.

Duration: 90 minutes