Rosas | ROSAS DANST ROSAS

It was 25 years ago that Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, who was still very young then, created Rosas danst Rosas. It became a classic and has been learned over and over by new groups of dancers. Today Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is once again taking her place on stage and to dance with three members of the second generation, Cynthia Loemij, Sarah Ludi and Samantha Van Wissen. | 4, 6, 7, 8/02/2009 - Kaaitheater (Brussels)

[@Amber-rc5cf]

anyone else using this for school?

[@dale7251]

Yep

[@h6ych]

@@dale7251 sadly

[@juaricolas]

oui

[@Nayman2005]

LMAO

[@luccamiranda5406]

Me

[@rachel.s10]

People saying the most impactful aspects of this film stem from dance, I entirely understand. However we really can’t undersell the importance of the impeccable cinematography on display here. The angles, cuts, pans are perfectly engaged to complement the movements entirely without music. To me, this is what creates the space for the dancers to express unique and intimate character beats that drive interpretation and discussion. All this, not to mention the fascinating purpose imbued in the foley work and audio mixing. Just a wonderful film of a wonderful performance piece.

[@rachel.s10]

Pls forgive my horrific grammar and punctuation. Im hooked on this film, not on phonics.

[@josephsimonsdance]

This is the ultimate. Brilliant, clever choreography performed perfectly. Who could ask for more?

[@Hexahydrate]

we are using this dance as a stimuli for our dance

[@maiasphere6054]

J adore ! C est juste excellent ! Que de la précision ! J aimerait essayer se genre de choses !

[@JakeSaner]

Love the smile a 4:49. Such a great piece of dance and film.

[@JonesieLuv]

those pillars look like the ones from the Wiz! Omg their gonna come alivvvvvvvveeee!!

[@natz26]

i louv this it amazin we learnt part for physical theatre it amazin ...

[@theworldisyouroyster]

i found this very intense at times but great art!

[@Conceptualcreatures]

What an inspiration 💖🤩💖

[@JonesieLuv]

Wow what a powerful piece! I can see why Beyonce was inspired.

[@TrulyourSarah]

Beautiful!

[@getgifts410]

Her album, 4, in which Countdown is in is largely inspired by music in the 1960s and1970s.

[@Daniela0310]

Nice performance. 🌷

[@chrissieatkinson5021]

The way this is shot is instructive about how not to shoot dance.

[@tyussouthern1306]

I respectfully disagree. Dance film opens up a lot of visual possibilities that aren't possible when viewing onstage. I think that Thierry de Mey spent a lot of time just viewing the choreography and he had a good eye for very specific details. A lot of the camera work on this is splendid in my opinion, such as the long pan around that stops right as the three women look over their shoulders. If you watch the film he made of Forsythe's One Flat Thing, Reproduced, you'll see that he has a similar approach of focusing on little details and interesting perspectives rather than showing the grand scheme of the whole performance. I think that there's merit to filming dance straight on (pointing the camera at the stage and letting it record), but that de Mey's own film work is an attempt to add another texture to the dance, preserving its essence but creating new visual rhythms that accompany the movement of the dancers.

[@dechnobotch]

Most of you haven’t noticed 5th lady in this room.

[@assiagameuse]

what instrument is copposed music please ?

[@jennychan2932]

Me in class

[@leilaoliveira2361]

Kkkkkkkk BR

[@cypxzin5583]

Kkkk br eu soutbm

[@theuglybeing4673]

Lol I bet you’ve finished school now probably in college now XD

[@benisturning30]

I wouldn't call this dancing but the music is cool. I like the music.

[@armywife2248]

+Ben A It's expressionist dance. It's very intense!

[@chuyhighman6927]

BRAVO!!! (o_o) ...VERY DIFFERENT!!!

[@citronphotogramme]

batoud / rubentjuh Do you know something about corporal expression? audiovisual realization? i dont understand why people who do not know nothing give an opinion about. ¬¬ Is fantastic. Love IT

[@atsugadri]

One needs to watch the full video (from the intro to this to the last act) to really appreciate the subtle way Beyonce plagiarised. This part is the third segment (crescendo maybe) of the whole video, Beyonce also took elements from ACHTERLAND another dance piece from Keersmaeker. It's as riveting as Rosas Danst Rosas.

[@getgifts410]

omg she didnt okay. Are you really serious now. Do you even watch the whole video. Sometimes, inspired means taking a little bit of pieces of it and make it your own. Beyonce did OTHER things in her video, its not like she followed it from A to Z.

[@maxranguy]

Ikr. People are out here using the word steal and plagiarize and not even doing the research.

[@cherubicnerd]

yes,i see where beyonce and team got their inspiration. but,what is this dance about?

[@mariegabriellexx]

@sassy19892011 I think you are completely wrong by saying that Rosas Danst Rosas otherwise would be lost. Anyone who had seen this performance remembers it, and it is still being performed, here in Belgium, but also abroad. I personally think Beyonce did'nt honor the piece because she missed the whole idea of it. But hey, that's the fine difference between art and pop-culture.

[@MatheusHenrique-ll4fc]

Vim pela escola

[@CaptainTom_EW]

Tendi nada, mas consegui fzr a atividade da aula online e é isso q importa

[@Marcus360G]

é de ql escola?

[@CaptainTom_EW]

@@Marcus360G uma de SP

[@Marcus360G]

tlgd mas é na região de Santo Amaro?

[@CaptainTom_EW]

@@Marcus360G nn

[@PatrickA455]

Doing this for Dance GCSE :D

[@JeynielBrown]

Ya'll mad because Beyonce is the biggest pop star in the world right now and she earn 16 grammy's!!!!! So Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker needs to have a seat on that damn chair and be GLAD that Beyoncé be inspire by her work (who's amazing btw) & made her relevant in this generation! Merci

[@ivanaadduci9129]

Increíble

[@Corrina744]

I did this dance in GCSE and let me tell you it HURTS if you want it to look good😅

[@Chloe24x7]

at 0:43 its like me and my friends when the teacher says 'get into groups of 4'

[@aReDdCouch]

@truth317 I completely support your comment! Well said. This whole "copycat" fiasco brought me here, and without it, I wouldn't have been able to find this. I have been looking for art like this and its hard to find when you are sifting most of the talentless muck on KZbin. Beyonce complementing this piece narrowed down the search.

[@nsrunners9760]

Which song is this?

[@KiDCRuDi_]

How are they not EXHAUSTED?! Fuckin' A man!

[@gammin5]

I don't get the hype lol Beyonce did a 10-20sec clip of a 8min dance and she didn't even dance in it lol she just wore the same clothes and had the chair and the empty room lol

[@petitboulou5489]

Wahou ! 👌

[@maymaymay04]

impressive work though i must admit, the first girl with long hair is the one i'm drawn to watch - her moves are powerful and meaningful. at least beyonce copied from a creative and talented choreographer :) haha

[@MissReesesCup]

This choreography is amazing I see why beyonce would have copied

[@JdotBboy]

Aha i meant i have to choreaograph a solo BASED on this :')

[@LiamMaddin]

anyone know where i can get the music?

[@LemonCake07]

@rotarydialz HAHA! I LOVE Sarcasm!

[@Isorfilinde]

@cmoody1906 Anne Teresa is not German, she's Belgian

[@JessicaRaine316]

Beyonce brought me here!!!!

[@kisakye92]

This is cool but I dont get it. Can someone explain?

[@Sognerie]

What I like about this is it can be interpretted in so many ways but you also want to know what the artist wanted to interpret. And when the camera turned and you see how this one girl was watching the whole time but did nothing (movement wise) and in the last part when they all looked the door as an symbol/expression of escape, and how that one girl looked fed up with after a while and how they had to keep fixing themselves repeatedly after ahh. Many will look at this and wonder "the fuck am I watching" but dance is a form of expression that you cant put exactly to words and that was just breath taking.

[@cediemacalisang7713]

So basically it's beautiful nonsense? XD

[@daviderde]

the emotions are very real, and so is the movement.

[@kygolabrinth3177]

Ty this helped me out with my dance WORK

[@the1r_b0y]

@@kygolabrinth3177 same it helped me out

[@jasondownsnet]

I threw a big ass party at my apartments pool. We had a DJ. I borrowed an industrial projector from work and played this video with some other videos on the side of a ten story apartment building on Los Feliz Blvd., one of the busiest streets in LA. It was awesome. People were like wtf is this? Minds blown. Cops came to shut us down, but when they arrived they were like,"this is fucking cool". Haha.

[@NixieRainHarper]

Back in 2011 we had to watch this for Dance class, we were learning this whole big routine inspired by the choreography from it, cool to see it again ten years later!

[@daisys-Asmr06]

Woah I’m in year 11 and learning it at the moment it’s mad that they’re still teaching it in dance

[@NixieRainHarper]

@@daisys-Asmr06 it must be a set in stone thing they teach in Dance then because year 11 was it for me too!

[@shoko5690]

the dance is cool, but theyre teaching us this and im in year 9, so everybody is kinda just lacking the enthusiasm

[@NixieRainHarper]

@@shoko5690That’s up to them to be less enthusiastic. If you put your all into it you tend to stand out from the rest!

[@rainbowsuh]

I can definitely see now why Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is upset over Beyonce. Countdown's 80's dance studio setting, the arm throwing, pushing the hair back, and wardrobe are all toeing the "copy-cat" line....yikes! Love this dance, but I'm so disappointed Beyonce didn't even mention her. I've been searching all over for the choreographer's name!

[@itzzy1859]

y'all remember when beyonce plagiarized this in her countdown video

[@indiebish7045]

Yes 😭

[@daysiacathey4078]

I love the unusual-ness of it. I feel like they are expressing some internal struggles as women and also showing a feminine but frustrated side as well. The interpretations are endless well done.

[@MrMikkyn]

The scene always felt like a mental hospital to me. But the women were definitely not mental. More like beautiful fashion models or somethings, bored, trapped, sensual and under some kind of time loop.

[@kidbk347]

The only good thing about Beyoncé plagiarizing this was bringing my attention to this amazing performance

[@lovelydaniel8083]

Carrisa Wells agreed

[@wishmakervidz]

Not plagiarizing if you cite and give credit where it's due smh.

[@momo85727]

well I think that was her goal. I'm pretty sure she wasn't trying to hide the fact that she copied these moves.

[@sillau9]

Jaylen Peters but at first she actually didn't give credit until she was called out for copying..soo..

[@bravejuan2150]

So do I! I didn't know Ana Teresa

[@mangarda]

I love the parts where the dancers look at each other and kind of smile.

[@thauanyzoia5577]

Hi do you know what the theme of this dance is?

[@hannageraerts4216]

it was to boring to get to that part

[@stellamotionpictures]

The perfect synergy between choreography, filmmaking (superb editing) and music, with none dominating the other: ART in its purity....

[@rusticagenerica]

I don't find the editing that good.

[@Mookie2397]

beyonce countdown brung me here and i loved her video but ppl were like she was copying off someone else and i saw this... all i have to say is this video is just plain weird what the freak do they keep doin that for?

[@nunc-hic-stans4211]

I watched it many years ago on TV and remained one of my favorite works, I think I still have it on a video tape somewhere. Though I prefer modern dance to classical ballet I find it can be, sometimes, a little tiresome; it demands too much thinking, watching, listening... I'm not a specialist, some things I like, some I love, some just can't stand and surely some I don't understand. This one, I like.

[@takai560]

Sério professor de artes?

[@Luke_drums07]

Oi who else spotted the demon woman at 7:09

[@gottalovesummer9676]

I love this vid so much. I performed this 3 years ago, and I'm performing it again. It's so powerful. I like Beyoncé, but she has no idea how much work this choreographer spent on this!!!!!!!!!! They are all precise and I just love it. FANTASTIC JOB. 💕

[@Sarahrf]

hi, I was wondering if you knew the full length of this work? I can't find it anywhere

[@gottalovesummer9676]

Sarah Lol, I think this is the full thing.

[@shaniarazy1870]

U can watch the full one hour (i think its one hour) version on ubuweb. Search there for anna teresa de keesmaker. She has multiple full length works there

[@jontrellolando]

Wait what does this have to do with Beyoncé?

[@dirkwellens]

Sorry to corrct you, but her name is Anne Teresa de KeeRsmAeker, nod de keesmaker. I'm from Belgium. A ' keesmaker' is someone who makes cheese, a 'keersmaker' made chandles :) @@shaniarazy1870

[@ZD126]

Who else here cause of "Countdown"?

[@shainezperry1494]

yepp

[@jzloveinfinite]

ME!

[@armywife2248]

+Dwalisumuzi Zinhle Dewa Guilty! Lol!

[@floydharris4736]

me!

[@Teddybearboy]

I came here because of Smack The Pony.

[@kathrynpeeyou]

This video has me feeling all type of crazy dark sexual emotions(mostly dark), I never thought choreography could do that to a person. I'm in awe by this!!!

[@MoyaBrennan6825]

Kathryn Ulett Weirdo

[@robertoesquivel4447]

That's the danger of art

[@qkwosnfnrueisjdjr666]

behave

[@leilasadek9796]

Bruh I have to do this for my performing arts class and I can’t even keep up 😫

[@lilzo5722]

Leila Sadek bro same

[@avvrgtpg]

huh? it's not just my class?

[@tevie_]

same here girl by the end my head is pounding from all the head throwing.

[@ElioRupp]

Same

[@sophiazambanini8541]

Sameee

[@tmla]

Ok, the first time i watch beyonce's stuff, i find her so original (billboard performance of run the world, single ladies, why don't u love me video, countdown video, get me bodied performance), but then I find out their all copied from someone :(

[@Chickenuggetjj5]

Beyoncé stole this choreography, don't believe me? Google it!

[@catalinamarie7245]

Jonathan Cruz she didn't steal it she got inspiration from it and they also credited Ann Teresa de Keermaster.

[@kidbk347]

Catya Marie lies she did AFTER they called her out on it this is something Beyoncé is always doing

[@sbxgii]

she mad it intersting. and you stole air

[@sarahalotaibi1230]

Catalina Marie not inspired more like plagiarism!

[@catalinamarie7245]

@Terra Woodsten girl bye that was 2yrs ago get a life.

[@SuperPapamyke]

APOCALIPCE ZUMBI KKKKKKKKKK

[@jeff7xs]

In dance world people get influenced by others everyday so it is just normal.. so the only thing rosas is suing beyonce for the copyrights is that they smell money..

[@Miiccaaaaaaa]

This is similar to Beyonce's video but she's pregnant for crying out loud, if she loses this baby because of stress imagine how infamous you'd be and how bad you'd feel, it's just a dance you've got recognition for it haven't you leave it at that..

[@larararaararar]

It’s so cool how they only dance in chairs but they are still so expressive

[@syater2]

This piece is not new to me but remains powerful after many years.

[@cmoody1906]

from 25K views to over 215K views in less than 24 hrs...why??? because of the power of Beyonce!

[@LisaKusanagi]

Thumbs up if you knew Anne Teresa's Rosas danst Rosas before Beyonce copied/stole it.

[@khushankothari9554]

To all doing this for school, and what not. If you are finding it tough, focus on enjoying it, throw some of your emotions into. Thinks about enjoying to confuse the audience. Make it fun for yourself. And you will perfect it

[@oh_itsmike]

I did a dance based off rosas for my GCSE, and got an A* :)

[@camillesaunier5867]

that's what I have to do right now

[@hollyblack1034]

this is absolutely amazing

[@jdsevereide]

This is how I feel when I go off my meds. I've never seen a dance where I've been like "yup. That's me."

[@pip07200]

Saw it on TV in belgium, and was captivated immediately. Mesmerising is the right word ...

[@Christine16292]

You know what? I'm not going to blame Beyonce. Well, I'm not going to put the full blame on her. Knowing fully well that she herself doesn't create her own choreography means that she hires choreographers right? A choreographer to create a dance and teach it to her. If said choreographer steals the dance off a source that isn't well known, teaches that to her, she doesn't know the difference, but then she gets the backlash.

[@93z]

I'm getting whiplash watching these ladies throw their heads around like that.

[@getgifts410]

For your information, Beyonce did release a legal statement saying the music video for Countdown is inspired by Rosas Danst Rosas. So don't be ignorant, please do a research.

[@Emanzee23]

ya'll some OCD dancers

[@poetaenlaluna]

+Dwayne Derazhi hahahha

[@haki101]

me encanta esta coreografia y es fuente inspiracion parea mis clases..gracis por ponerla..bendiciones desde Peru

[@m9526502]

yes it is bad. it's basically not giving credit where it is due. it's called stealing intellectual property. This dance is a piece of art, where artists put their time, energy, and money into creating. how would you like if you made something and someone just took your ideas and passed it off as their own?

[@laurahead3665]

I had to do this as part of my exam in gcse dance! It was so much fun to do!

[@symon7686]

c'est la meilleur musique que je n'ai jamais écouté de toute ma vie !

[@nickrichmond1576]

I remember when Rosas Danst Rosas was first broadcast on TV many years back, its as fresh today as back then, pure class, this is art ( the full sequence) at its best, I never get tired of watching the full performance, even after all these years, copied many times, but never matched, this routine set the standard that has never been surpassed.

[@cmoody1906]

Beyonce helps expose people to other forms of art and dance that we might not come across prime example earlier today this video had 25k views now not even 24 hrs later its over 215K views...Lets be real who really was checking for this or even knew about this prior to beyonce using it in her video??? my point exactly...

[@verbenadelapaloma9826]

Esta coreografía marca una antes y un después en la danza contemporánea. La producción del videodanza, eligiendo este edificio acertó de lleno.

[@kaaitheater]

Correction: the music is NOT by Steve Reich, but is composed by Thiery De Mey and Peter Vermeersch, 2 Belgian minimalist composers. The music was composed for the piece Rosas Danst Rosas.

[@Montmartre83]

I wish I could find the music on Spotify

[@baatile]

I'm a huge Beyonce fan, I do not believe she had any ill intentions towards this artist. She has grown as an artist and she would probably collaborate more ethical if given the chance today.

[@SpyrusWeight]

first time in my life i wanted to clap for a perfomance on youtube!AMAZING!

[@Ninitalism]

The only similarity between this & Beyonce's video is that there's chairs in it. Sorry Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, but either this is for trying to gain money out of it, either to get your videos watched more...

[@angelle_rose]

This is so good and so creative, I would love to be able to dance this

[@mufflrj]

4:46 That girl kinda looks like iggy azalia.

[@imastounded4376]

tevaughn dacosta Now that you mention it I can see it a little bit.

[@paxwallacejazz]

This captures so much about what makes young women so infinitely fascinating geeez.

[@Marcus360G]

quem ai ta estudando da um salve

[@ohemeffgeee]

@kisakye92 As Anne Keersmaeker said herself, this dance represents the cycle of sexual oppression women go through.

[@arlo247]

It is very apparent.

[@LadyBrieBell]

For about half way through the video..I was like...What am I watching?

Much better than Beyonce!

[@giri15chidu]

amazingly done and i could feel the dark side of what women's are going through .

[@Beckiiee009]

The music's by Thiery De Mey..doing it for my A-level :)