Mitten
Director Olivia Rochette, Gerard-Jan Claes
Countries Belgium
Duration 53 min
Synopsis
Mitten follows the final weeks of rehearsal of Mitten wir im Leben sind, a performance by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, her company Rosas and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, based on the six cello suites by Johann Sebastian Bach. The film offers a glance into De Keersmaeker’s meticulous and intense working process, characterised by an inexhaustible longing for precision and detail, building a choreographic universe by studying the musical composition.
Mitten follows the final weeks of rehearsal of Mitten wir im Leben sind, a performance by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, her company Rosas and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, based on the six cello suites by Johann Sebastian Bach. The film offers a glance into De Keersmaeker’s meticulous and intense working process, characterised by an inexhaustible longing for precision and detail, building a choreographic universe by studying the musical composition.