A Love Supreme (2017) – Salva Sanchis, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas

A Love Supreme is a quartet choreographed by Salva Sanchis and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker in which four performers dance to the eponymous piece of music by John Coltrane, a highlight of twentieth-century jazz. In A Love Supreme, highly intuitive free expression emerges from blues-based, rather straightforward musical structures; the work is renowned for its exploration of the tension between tonal and rhythmical complexity and simplicity. This is translated literally in the dance: the choreographers bring together improvised and composed materials, interweaving and absorbing them into one another. Choreography Salva Sanchis, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Danced by José Paulo dos Santos, Bilal El Had, Jason Respilieux, Thomas Vantuycom Original version created in 2005 with Cynthia Loemij, Moya Michael, Salva Sanchis, Igor Shyshko Music A Love Supreme, John Coltrane Recording Acknowledgement, Resolution, Pursuance & Psalm © Coltrane, J., © Jowcol Music, Inc. (Universal Music Publ. N.V.). Tenor saxophone, vocals: John Coltrane, piano: McCoy Tyner, bass: Jimmy Garrison, drums: Elvin Jones. Lighting design Jan Versweyveld Recast lighting design Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Luc Schaltin Costumes Anne-Catherine Kunz Coproduction Rosas, De Munt/La Monnaie (Brussels) World premiere , Kaaitheater (Brussels) Trailer by: Olivia Rochette & Gerard-Jan Claes © Rosas, Van Volxemlaan 164, 1190 Brussels