"Director: Thierry De Mey"

• Rosas - Rosas Danst Rosas | DVD | (30/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Filmmaker and composer Thierry De Mey shot the film Rosas danst Rosas in June 1996 at the RITO School in Leuven (Belgium) a building designed by the architect Henry van de Velde. Rosas danst Rosas a choreography for four dancers was created at the Brussels Kaaitheaster Festival in 1983. Four dancers do battle; with each other with the stage and with the public - a fight to the bitter end - set to the minimalistic music of Peter Vermeersch and Thierry De Mey. Meanwhile the performance of Rosas danst Rosas has been staged all over the world and is still part of the repertoire of the dance company. The film is not a straightforward recording of the live performance but a cinematographic interpretation of this 'reference' performance. One camera records the dance itself and a second highlights specific details using close-ups and panning camera movements. The way in which the images are edited five the film an extra rhythmical layer. The various casts which have performed this piece over the years illustrate the evolution of the choreographer's interpretation.

• Rosas Shorts | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £14.97   |  Saving you £26.01 (217.11%)   |  RRP £37.99

  In this compilation which comprises: Monoloog Van Fumiyo Ikeda Op het Einde Ottone/Ottone Rosa Tippeke Each of the three films succeeds in conveying the power of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's work. This is achieved not by recording the dances step-by-step but by considering them from a totally different perspective: the filmic point-of-view. However in this case perhaps one shouldn't speak of film-adaptation. While these productions use De Keersmaeker's stage performances as inspiration they are nevertheless fully autonomous works that deserve to be looked at as films in their own right.

• Rosas Fase | DVD | (30/05/2006) from £48.58   |  Saving you £-18.59 (-62.00%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Fase: Four movements to the Music of Steve Reich the dance is by no means a simple piece on which to give a film-maker's imagination free rein. Fase is a quite compelling choreography which guides the spectator's gaze firmly only to have him suddenly discover that in its order lies a deep emotion. Thierry De Mey who has worked on a number of Rosas performances has approached the Fase project with verve. He has managed to turn the power of the choreography so as to create a film