
Forêt
23 NOVEMBER — 10 DECEMBER, 2022
MUSÉE DU LOUVRE / FESTIVAL D'AUTOMME, PARIS, FRANCE
Forêt is a museum project for eleven dancers, created for the first floor of the Denon wing at the Louvre. For Forêt, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker assembles a new generation of artists and performers, in collaboration with choreographer Némo Flouret. De Keersmaeker and Flouret have worked together on several occasions, including Dark Red at the Fondation Beyeler in 2021.
In this new project, the Italian and French galleries of the Louvre are the starting point for a reflection on the image as a way of worldmaking. Forêt travels through the Louvre’s collection of paintings from the 14th to the 19th century to examine the emergence of visual culture and the modern scopic regime. It draws on the notions of limits and extremities, and activates the museum’s architecture and artwork, by exploring strategies of framing and by playing with scale, contrast, and excess. The choreography is based on movements of expansion and contraction, not only within the individual body, but also in relation to the organization of time and space.
Which positions can be taken with respect to the Louvre? How can performers confront the massive amounts of information and narratives contained inside this building? How will bodies and voices resonate as they move through a museum of such density? Can solitude surface as an effect?
Exploring a variety of mediums, Forêt will arrive at a spectrum of situations and scenes, punctuating the spectator’s trajectory with unexpected rendez-vous.
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Némo Flouret / Rosas, Forêt, Louvre Paris,
Photo by Anne Van Aerschot
reviews
"Extraordinary creation at the Louvre by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Nemo Flouret and eleven dancers." — La Libre
"Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Némo Flouret stage a formidable whirlwind of life and death in the middle of one of the most fascinating collections of ancient art" — Le Soir
"Forêt is an overwhelming experience, no less than 2.5 hours of pure pleasure." — De Standaard
"Sublime" — Les Echos
Concept & choreography
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Némo Flouret
Created with and performed by
Boštjan Antončič
Lav Crnčević
José Paulo dos Santos
Synne Elve Enoksen
Rafa Galdino
Tessa Hall
Mariana Miranda
Margarida Ramalhete
Cintia Sebők
Jacob Storer
Solène Wachter
Soundtrack
Alain Franco
Costume Design
An D'Huys
Artistic Assistants
Michaël Pomero
Thomas Bîrzan
Research
Lieze Eneman
Thomas Bîrzan
Assistant to the Artistic Director
Martine Lange
Artistic Coordination and Planning
Anne Van Aerschot
Tour Manager
Jolijn Talpe
Technical Director
Freek Boey
Technician
Vincent Debognie
Yarno Drofmans
Alex Fostier
Thibault Rottiers
Costume Coordinator
Alexandra Verschueren
Assisted by Els Van Buggenhout
Wardrobe
Ella De Vos
Chiara Mazzarolo
Production
Rosas
Coproduction
Festival d’Automne à Paris
Musée du Louvre (Paris)
Premiere
23.11.2022
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Duration
2:30
Acknowledgements
Evi Cats
Leen Decin
Jolente De Keersmaeker
Lennert De Taeye
Rémy Ebras
Ann Veronica Janssens
Jean Lemersre
Christian Longchamp
Margaux Roy
Murielle Scherre
Björn Schmelzer
Frank Theunissen / Natuurmonumenten
Photography
Anne Van Aerschot
CREDITS