La Monnaie / De Munt LA MONNAIE / DE MUNT
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Dance

Vocabularium
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Cynthia Loemij / Rosas

Presentation
Dance

Vocabularium is a solo for Rosas dancer Cynthia Loemij. The starting points for this production are David Van Reybrouck’s books Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World and De kolonisatie van de toekomst (The Colonisation of the Future); as well as the writing of Jannetje Visser-Roosendaal (1899 1990), Cynthia Loemij’s great-grandmother. She wrote more than fifty novels, including Tot in den Dood (Until Death), which in 1941 was considered Resistance Literature and confiscated. 

As the daughter of a Dutch mother and an Indonesian father, the colonial history of Indonesia and its struggle for independence are part of Cynthia Loemij’s personal story. The solo explores this colonial history and how established power structures shape the current response to the climate crisis, in effect colonizing the future. Cynthia Loemij started her trajectory with Rosas in 1991. In the past 30 years, she danced in 35 different productions. In this sense, one could say that Cynthia embodies the history of the Rosas dance company. Combining text and movement, Vocabularium explores how different layers of histories and memories are intertwined in the dancer’s body.

This production is part of Troika Dance
Dates & tickets

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Location

Rosas Performance Space

Prices

30 €
-30 years old: € 15

Presentation

Introductory talks 45' before the start of the performance (in English)

Dates & tickets

Dates

Cast
Cast

Choreography ANNE TERESA DE KEERSMAEKER

Created with and danced byCYNTHIA LOEMIJ

Rehearsal directorFUMIYO IKEDA

ProductionROSAS

CoproductionCONCERTGEBOUW BRUGGE (BRUGES),
LA MONNAIE / DE MUNT