Work/Travail/Arbeid at MoMA, a video by Gerard-Jan Claes & Olivia Rochette

What would it mean for choreography to perform as an exhibition? This question was the point of departure for Work/Travail/Arbeid. In response, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker reimagined her piece Vortex Temporum for the radically different temporal, spatial, and perceptual conditions of a museum-like environment. The choreographer did not simply bring a dance performance into a new kind of space, but rethought it as a nine weeks long exhibition, continuously accessible to the public. The original choreography made for the condensed time and space of a stage performance was thus entirely reinvented so as to extend itself across a new time and space. This project transformed the conditions that have long been essential to dance and gave a new form to the rigorous choreographic writing for which De Keersmaeker is known. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker: Work/Travail/Arbeid March 29–April 2, 2017 The Museum of Modern Art Concept & choreography Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Originally curated by Elena Filipovic Artistic Consultant Ann Veronica Janssens Dramaturgy Bojana Cvejić Artistic assistant Femke Gyselinck Danced by Boštjan Antončič, Frank Gizycki, Carlos Garbin, Marie Goudot, Cynthia Loemij, Sarah Ludi, Julien Monty, Michaël Pomero, Camille Prieux, Gabriel Schenker, Igor Shyshko, Denis Terrasse, Thomas Vantuycom, Samantha van Wissen Musicians Ictus Music director Georges-Elie Octors Piano Jean-Luc Plouvier Flute Chryssi Dimitriou Clarinet Dirk Descheemaeker Violin Igor Semenoff Viola Jeroen Robbrecht Cello Geert De Bièvre Music Vortex Temporum, Gérard Grisey (1996) Costumes Anne-Catherine Kunz Technical Direction Joris Erven Sound engineer Alexandre Fostier Technician Michael Smets Artistic Coordination & Planning Anne Van Aerschot Costumes Coordination Heide Vanderieck The artist gratefully acknowledges WIELS Contemporary Art Centre and Rosas for initiating Work/Travail/Arbeid, which has been made possible with the support of De Munt/La Monnaie, BOZAR - Centre For Fine Arts, Kaaitheater, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Ictus, BNP Paribas Fortis, Fondation BNP Paribas, and Rolex Institute. The exhibition is organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Organized by Ana Janevski, Associate Curator, with Martha Joseph, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Media and Performance Art; produced by Lizzie Gorfaine, Performance Producer, with Kate Scherer, Assistant Performance Coordinator. Generous funding for the exhibition is provided by The Modern Women’s Fund. Additional support is provided by the Annual Exhibition Fund. The MoMA presentation is organized in collaboration with Rosas, Ictus, and WIELS Contemporary Art Centre.