It’s exhausting being a pioneer. You forge ahead, chart new territory and then watch as others follow in the path you have so hard won. You remain visionary but time alters your reputation and relevance. The past week’s dance brought three contrasting cases for consideration and review.
For more than 40 years, Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker has been the queen of visionary rigour; her austere remaking of dance has inspired an entire contemporary movement. You don’t necessarily go to a work by her expecting entertainment, but you are likely to emerge provoked.
