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Length Is Only Thorn In BAM'sDance Performance Of 'Rosas'BY JUDITH STUARTWiin a limited movement vocabuiary anda highly repetitive form associated withminimalism, and with a strongly projectedexpressionistic style often associated withGerman theater and dance, Anne Teresa deKeersmaeker, working from her personalartistic sensibility, managed to commandattention, then lose it, then regain her audience%u2019s interest once more (those that remained, that is) in her hybridized, eveninglong work, %u201cRosas Danst R osas.%u201dAnne Teresa de Keersmaeker, a Belgiandancer and choreographer who trained withBelgium%u2019s most noted choreographer,Maurice Bejart, made her American debutOctober 29 at the Brooklyn Academy ofMusic%u2019s Next Wave Festival. She has alsostudied at the New York University TischSchool of the Arts, where she was stronglyinfluenced by the work of Lucinda Childsand American minimalism.The setting was all in black with a plasticcurtain at the re a r of the performancespace which reflected the highly stylized,unsubtle lighting created for %u201cRosas DanstR osas.%u201d A group of chairs and tour pairs ofshoes seemed to wait expectantly on oneside of the stage while the four dancers, inoversized shirts, gray skirts, and stockingedfeet entered, fell to the floor, and began tomove. There was a preamble of mechanicalsound, but as soon as the dancers began, itstopped and they moved in silence for closeto a half hour before any sound was reintroduced. When it was, it was a louder,more intrusive version of the rhythmic,slapping, machine-like auditory effect heardearlier, which grew in intensity and expanded to include something that sounded as if itwere created by a musical, rather thanpurely mechanical, instrument.The dancers %u2014 de Keersmaeker, NadineGanose, Roxane Huilmand, and FumiyoIkeda %u2014 were remarkably attuned to oneanother: with no music to cue them, theymoved with dramatically perfect precision.Although the movements were highly mundane %u2014 rolling on the floor, propping a chinup witn a clenched fist, extending an arm ,turning the head %u2014 they were executed withsuch dynamic force as to seem significant.A half-hour passed before they got upfrom the floor, set the chairs out and puttheir shoes on. Here, a new set ofmovements executed seated on the chairswas introduced, but the most repeated andcharacteristic gesture was the raking of thehair with tense, stiffened fingers.Almost another half-hour passed beforethey began moving through space, and herethey followed exacting patterns, usuallythrough bold shafts of light, using horizontalor vertical pathways almost exclusively.Glancing knowingly at each other, pullinga t the loose-necked skirts then closing themup again, adjusting skirts, clutching atbreasts, all added an emotional fervor tothe otherwise highly structural,mathematically precise work. They wentfrom being cut off and isolated to relating toone another, then to the audience with increasing confidence, then to an aggressivestance, and finally being utterly spent. Themusic, which gained intensity to the point ofaural discomfort, added to the increasedpitch of formally expressed emotionality. Atone point, the music stopped abruptly andthe lights blackened, and it was as if therew as a sudden and unexpected relief fromtorture.%u201c Rosas Danst Rosas%u201d was at tim es compelling; de Keersmaeker has combined twovastly different styles to make her ownstatement. One wonders, though, whetheror not such works need to be so exhaustinglylong %u2014 for both dancer and audience %u2014 tomake its point, to feel complete.N EXT WAVE DANCE: Festival continues with Molissa Fenley and Dancers inthe premiere of %u201c Geologic Moments,%u201dthrough November 8, at 8pm. Tickets are|18 and $14. The Brooklyn Academy ofMusic is at 30 Lafayette Ave. F o r moreinformation, call 636-4100.A r t T a k e sCHAOS AT BACA: The Fringe Series atBACA Downtown will continue with CraigGholson%u2019s black comedy, %u201c Chaos in Order,%u201don November 14,15,21 and 22 at 8pm. Theshow is about two Siamese twins who mustdecide if they are willing to be separated.BACA Downtown is at 111 WilloughbyStreet. Tickets are $8 or $3 with TDFvoucher. For information, call 596-2222.CELEBRA TE WEST AFRICA: CelebrateBrooklyn%u2019s music series at the ProspectPark Picnic House will continue onNovember 16, with a performance of %u201cWestAfrican Music and Dance%u201d by m aster musician and storyteller Djimo Kouyate, withdancers and drummers. The concert startsat 3pm at the Picnic House, inside the Parkat Prospect Park West and 5th Street.Tickets are $5, $2.50 for children under 12;TDF vouchers are accepted. For information, call 788-0055.BATSHEVA DANCE: The BrooklynCenter for the Performing Arts at BrooklynCollege will present two performances ofmodem dance by the Batsheva Dance Company, on November 15 and 16. On November15, at 8pm, the company will perform workschoreographed by Gene Hill Sagan, MarkMorris, David Parsons, and DanielEzralow ; on November 16 at 2pm, the program consists of works by Parsons,Ezralow, and Robert North. Both perform ances take place in Whitman Hall, atCampus Road and Hillel Place. Tickets are$16, $12, $10 and $8. For information, call434-2222.LERO Y PAINTINGS: The BelanthiGallery will show an exhibit of paintings byHarold M. LeRoy, including works from the1930%u2019s through the 1980%u2019s, from November6-26. There will be a reception on November6, from 6pm-12midnight. The gallery, at 142Court Street, is ODen 10am-12midnieht.Wednesday through Sunday. For information, call 855-2769.C O FFE E HOUSE GEMINI: The GoodCoffee House will present a concert byGemini on November 14. Gemini will perform traditional and original songs and instrumentals from America, the BritishIsles, Israel and Hungary. The concert willstart at 9:30pm ; doors open at 8:45pm , atthe Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53Prospect Park West. Admission is $4 orTDF voucher. For information, call768-2972 Fridays after 8pm.SING-AL0NG: Star children%u2019s recordingartists Sharon Lois and Bram will bringtheir unique brand of happiness to PackerCollegiate on November 16 at 2pm. The concert will feature classic kids songs fromtheir hit albums, such as %u201cThe Eensy,Weensy Spider,%u201d and audience participationis encouraged. Packer is at 160 JoralemonSt. Tickets are $8. F or more information,call 522-5349.ROOSA PERFORMATHON: The RoosaSchool of Music will hold its first %u201c Performathon%u201d on November 8, starting at9:30am. Teachers and students from theschool will perform %u201cwall-to-wall%u201d tenminute segments, and will be sponsored forspecific amounts by the minute. The performance will be at the school, 25 ColumbiaPlace. Admission is by sponsorship. For information, call 875-7371.COUNTRY-WESTERN WIZ: Puppetworks continues its fifth season of children%u2019smarionette theater with Frank Baum %u2019sclassic fantasy %u201cThe Wizard of Oz.%u201d Writtenand directed by puppetmaker Nicolas Coppola, this production features glittering setsand such stage effects as the tornado, themelting of the witch and the wizard, accompanied by a country-Westem score. %u201cTheWizard%u201d runs Sundays through December 7,at 2om. at the Old First Church. 729 CarrollSt. Tickets are $3.75. For reservations andinformation, call 834-1828.Helen Schneider says,%u201c/ particularly love the sweetbreads. %u201d %u2014 What D o Y o u Say?Dinner Tuesday-SaturdayBrunch A ll D ay Sunday448 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11217 237-2271M usical D oorsW o o d en Door Harphan dcrafted byG ary UptonLarge . . . $ 108S m a ll . . . $ 80THE CLAY POTF A R K S L O P E %u2022 B R O O K L Y N1 6 2 7 t h A V E ( 7 1 8 ) 7 8 8 - 6 5 6 4H rs; M - W 1 0 :3 0 - 6 30 T H . 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