BREL
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Solal Mariotte
In 2025, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Solal Mariotte for the creation of BREL and its presentation at the Festival d'Avignon.
How do you dance to the songs of Jacques Brel, a master of the chanson, whose music spans generations? Solal Mariotte, an up-and-coming French dancer and choreographer, and Flemish-Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, took up this challenge. After EXIT ABOVE, presented at Festival d’Avignon in 2023, the choreographer shares the stage for the first time with this young performer, who comes from a background in breakdance, to embody these chansons, unlikely to be danced to. Together, the two artists explore the powerful poetry, expressiveness and body language of the Belgian singer in this piece performed in the majestic space of the Carrière de Boulbon.
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
In 2025, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels supports the MC93 for the presentation of EXIT ABOVE, after the tempest by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. The initiative is also supporting La Villette in presenting Fase: Piano Phase & Clapping Music performed by Opera Ballet Vlaanderen.
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Festival d’Avignon
In 2025, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the 79th edition of the Festival d’Avignon for the presentation of BREL by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Solal Mariotte, They aways come back by Bouchra Ouizguen and Derniers Feux by Némo Flouret.
