Drumming Live brings together twelve musicians and twelve dancers. Renowned choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker translates Drumming – a minimalist piece by Steve Reich – into bodies in motion, following the rigorous construction of this musical score for nine percussion instruments (bongos, marimbas, glockenspiels). In a single choreographed phrase, which is then subjected to an infinite number of mutations, this show pairs obsessive rhythms with effervescent bodies caught in the continuous flow of overpowering music.

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• Distribution

  Choregraphy : Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

  Danced by : Lav Crnčević, Cassandre Cantillon, Sophia Dinkel, Léa Dubois, Rafa Galdino, Frank Gizycki, Yuika Hashimoto, Thomas Higginson, Mariana Miranda, Margarida Ramalhete, Cintia Sebők, Jacob Storer, Mamadou Wagué

  Created in 1998 by : Iris Bouche, Bruce Campbell, Marta Coronado, Alix Eynaudi, Fumiyo Ikeda, Martin Kilvády, Oliver Koch, Cynthia Loemij, Roberto Oliván de la Iglesia, Ursula Robb, Taka Shamoto, and Rosalba Torres

  Music : Steve Reich, Drumming

  Musical directing : Gerrit Nulens

  Musicians : Ictus

  Scenography and lights : Jan Versweyveld

  Costumes : Dries Van Noten

• Mentions

  Production 1998 : Rosas, La Monnaie / De Munt (Bruxelles), La Bâtie – Festival de Genève

  Coproduction : La Monnaie / De Munt (Bruxelles), Sadler’s Wells (Londres), Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg

  Supported by: Communauté flamande, la Commission communautaire flamande (VGC) and Fondation BNP Paribas.

  Photos : © Anne Van Aerschot