Fase: Four movements to the Music of Steve Reich

Thierry De Mey, who has worked on a number of Rosas performances, has approached the Fase project with verve. He has managed to turn the power of the choreography so as to create a film with an identity both authentic and independent. Fase, the film, in no way claims to compete with the dance, but explores it rigorously and precisely. In this way the film reinforces what was already present in De Keersmaeker's choreography.

The film, like the dance performance, comprises four parts based on the four parts of Steve Reich's composition.

Fase is a quite compelling choreography, which guides the spectator's gaze firmly, only to have him suddenly discover that in its order lies a deep emotion. by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker dates back to 1982 and was her second choreography. It was an immediate success and she and Michèle Anne De Mey still dance it today. Fase was an historic performance: it resulted in the birth of Rosas, the company with which De Keersmaeker made a name for herself in the international dance world. Although many of De Keersmaeker's choreographic works were filmed at a fairly early stage, many years passed before Fase was finally recorded on film: indeed, the film by director Thierry De Mey, who was also responsible for Tippeke and Rosas danst Rosas, is released a few days prior to it's twentieth anniversary.