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Mitten wir im Leben sind / Bach6Cellosuiten

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Jean-Guihen Queyras

In 2023, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting La Bâtie - Festival de Genève for the presentation of Mitten wir im Leben sind / Bach6Cellosuiten by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker.

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker proves opus after opus, her profound knowledge of Jean-Sébastien Bach’s musical composition. Through Mitten wir im Leben sind/Bach6Cellosuiten, the choreographer continues her quest for a score that can capture the very essence of the composer’s language. Along with four dancers who accompany her on the stage of la Comédie de Genève, she invites the internationally acclaimed cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras to bring the musical score to life.  The score is summoned in all its dimensions and is in turn enlightened, challenged or put into perspective by the choreography. This fascinating embrace between dance and music brings out the individual character of the six Suites as much as the cohesion of their overall project.

Photo: © Anne Van Aerschot

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Dancer with hands on the floor next to cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras
01 / 05 — 舞者雙手放在地上,在大提琴家Jean-Guihen Queyras身旁
Two dancers moving in front of cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras
02 / 05 — 兩位舞者在大提琴家Jean-Guihen Queyras前面舞動
A dancer jumping in the air in front of cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras
03 / 05 — 一位舞者在大提琴家Jean-Guihen Queyras的面前跳高
A dancer running around cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras
04 / 05 — 一名舞者圍著大提琴家Jean-Guihen Queyras跑
Cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras in front of a concrete wall, with the shadow of two dancers.
05 / 05 — 大提琴家Jean-Guihen Queyras在水泥牆前,牆上有兩名舞者的影子。

About the artists

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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Jean-Guihen Queyras

Jean-Guihen Queyras is a founding member of the Arcanto Quartet and forms a famous trio with Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov. Queyras is regularly invited by renowned orchestras like the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and many others. He has performed under the direction of conductors like Ivan Fischer, Philippe Herreweghe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Herbert Blomstedt. 

Queyras has recorded concertos by Elgar, Dvorak, Schoeller and Amy. His latest recording, THRACE - Sunday Morning Sessions, was released in summer 2016.  

In addition to being a concert performer and a recording artist, Jean-Guihen Queyras is a professor at the University of Music Freiburg and Artistic Director of the Rencontres Musicales de Haute-Provence festival in Forcalquier. 

Photo : © Anne Van Aerschot

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About the partner

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La Bâtie-Festival de Genève

In 2024, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting La Bâtie-Festival de Genève for the presentation of shows by Lucinda Childs, Katerina Andreou, Mamela Nyamza, Jeremy Nedd & Impulo Mapantsula, and La Ribot & Asier Puga. 

 

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