Hoppla!
A film by Wolfgang Kolb (52 min.) 1989
Choreography: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Hoppla! is a film of two of De Keersmaeker's choreographies to the music of Béla Bartók. Shot in the Henry Van de Velde Ghent University Library, the first part, Mikrokosmos, is a duet danced by Johanne Saunier and Jean-Luc Ducourt. In close concord with the live piano music, the couple's dance reveals the complexities and contradiction within their relationship. The austere architecture contrasts with the choreography's fluctuation between abstraction and playful theatricality. The second piece: Quatuor No. 4, danced by De Keersmaeker and three other original members of Rosas, is accompanied by a live string quartet. Wolfgang Kolb's camera captures the exhilaration of the unisons, the rhythmical phrasing and the impudent complicity between the dancers.
You can watch this movie in full on avilafilm.be
Hoppla! is also included in dvd box "Early Works: Films and documentaries"
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