Fase is a film adaptation of choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's first performance in 1982: Fase, Four movements to the music of Steve Reich. Twenty years after the choreography that put dance company Rosas on the map, filmmaker and composer Thierry De Mey created this cinematographic interpretation. Like the dance performance, the film is divided into four parts set in four contrasting places. De Mey explores the relationship between movement, music and image, creating a unique and immersive viewing experience.
Duration: 58min.
Age rating: M/6
A Film by
Thierry De Mey
In collaboration with
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
With
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Michèle Anne De Mey
Editing
Rudi Maerten
Music
Steve Reich
Sound Mix
Thomas Gauder
Production
Sophimages
Co-production
Rosas, ARTE France, NPS TV, RTBF Brussels, Brugge 2002
Acknlowdgements
With the Support of Fonds Film in Vlaanderen, National Lottery
Thierry De Mey (Brussels, 1956) is a Belgian filmmaker and composer. Since his first short film, Floréal (1985), De Mey has shown a strong affinity with movement. He regularly collaborates with choreographers, such as his sister Michèle Anne De Mey, Wim Vandekeybus and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. He has directed numerous dance films, such as La Valse (2010), a collaboration with choreographer Thomas Hauert, and several others based on De Keersmaeker's dance performances, such as Rosas danst Rosas (1997) and Fase (2002). He also co-founded the music ensembles Maximalist! and Ictus Ensemble. The connecting thread in his multifaceted work is the interaction between dance, music and image. His compositions, film installations and dance films receive national and international recognition.