FASE (film version) – Choreography: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker – Steve Reich – 2002

For the twentieth anniversary of Rosas in 2002, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker asked filmmaker Thierry De Mey to make a cinematic version of Fase. Earlier on, De Mey also filmed other choreograpic works of De Keersmaeker such as Rosas danst Rosas (1997) and Tippeke (1996). De Mey selected a suitable location in Belgium for each of the four movements comprising Fase: 'Clapping' was shot in the Felix Pakhuis, an impressive factory setting in Antwerp, just prior to the renovation of the building. The filming of 'Come Out' took place on the top floor of Coca-Cola's new office building in Anderlecht. 'Violin Phase', a solo by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, was shot at the height of the summer in the woods of Tervuren. Lastly, 'Piano Phase' was filmed in the dance company's large rehearsal space in Brussels. Extraordinary camera angles, attention to positioning in space, poetic cinematography and the precision of the montage endow the filmed version of this minimalist and repetitious work with a surprising and unforgettable dynamic.