DRUMMING XXL, danced by P.A.R.T.S., École des Sables and CNSMDP
P.A.R.T.S. joined forces with the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris in Paris and École des Sables in Senegal to make an extra extra large version of the Rosas piece Drumming (1998), choreographed to music by Steve Reich.
Guided by Clinton Stringer, sixty-two students from the three schools recreated several sections of the iconic work, made their own transformations of the original dance material, created duets and trios, and used the underlying structures of the choreography to create a new version of Drumming.
DRUMMING XXL was performed in open air in the center of Brussels (Beursplein/ Place de la Bourse) on the 31st of May, 2024. It was also presented in Paris at MC93 Bobigny, from June 5 to 8, and at La Villette on the 9th of June, 2024.
More information about this extraordinary event may be found on the P.A.R.T.S. website.
CREDITS
Choreography
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (1998)
Music
Steve Reich “Drumming”
Restaged by
Clinton Stringer
Transmission
Frank Gizycki, Cynthia Loemij, Moya Michael, Laura-Maria Poletti, Sue-Yeon Youn
Costume coordinators
Catherine Garnier (for CNSMDP & Ecole des Sables), Chiara Mazzarolo (for P.A.R.T.S.)
With the dancers of Ecole des sables, P.A.R.T.S. and Le Conservatoire de Paris.
Production
Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris and P.A.R.T.S
Coproduction
Le Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, P.A.R.T.S (Brussels), La Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis (MC93), Les Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, la Villette (Paris), europalia (Brussels)
In partnership with
École des sables (Toubab Dialaw)
With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels and the Fondation Cléo Thiberge Edrom
With the support of Rosas (Brussels), Le Centre national de la danse (Paris), Musée Art & Histoire (Brussels)
This project received a grant from Paris 2024 as part of the Cultural Olympiad, and is supported by the Institut Français.
This project was presented in Brussels as part of the festival 'europalia Art2gether', in partnership with 'EU2024BE', the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the City of Brussels.
