DESCRIPTION:
Choreography
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

Created with
Jennifer Everhard (Come Out)
Michèle Anne De Mey (Piano Phase, Clapping Music)

Danced by
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Tale Dolven

Music
Steve Reich
-Piano Phase (1967)
-Come Out (1966)
-Violin Phase (1967)
-Clapping Music (1972)

Light design
Mark Schwentner (Violin Phase & Come Out)
Remon Fromont (Piano Phase & Clapping Music)

Costumes
Martine André & Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

Production
1982-Schaamte (Brussels), Avila (Brussels)
1993-Rosas & De Munt / La Monnaie (Brussels)

Coproduction Early Works
Sadler's Wells (London), Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg

Premiere
18/03/1982, Beursschouwburg (Brussels)

Photos (c) Herman Sorgeloos

Fase consists of three duets and one solo dance, choreographed to four repetitive compositions by the American minimalist musician, Steve Reich: Piano Phase, Come Out, Violin Phase and Clapping Music. Reich allows his tones to gradually shift in rhythm and melody and between the instruments. The choreography applies the same phase-shifting principle. The purely abstract movements are executed so perfectly that they seem almost mechanical and yet affect us in a strange way. A fascinating experience! Fase is probably Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's most frequently performed work.