Thierry De Mey

Thierry De Mey (born 28 February 1956 in Brussels) is a Belgian composer, filmmaker, and choreographer.^[1]

Biography

De Mey is the founder of the contemporary music ensemble Maximalist!, and he has participated in other important projects such as Musique Nouvelles [fr] and Ictus Ensemble, for which he has composed several works. In 1993 he joined a class at IRCAM, where he developed his interest in electronic music. He was composer in residence at the Conservatory of Strasbourg and the Musica Festival in 2001 and 2002. Since 2005, he has been one of four new directors of Charleroi Danses, coordinating the multidisciplinary activities of the center choreography.^[2]

Main compositions

1983: Rosas danst Rosas, ballet music for Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's Rosas Company
1985: Musique de tables, for three percussionists (for Wim Vandekeybus' Ultima Vez group)
1990: Undo, monody for piano
1991: Chaîne, for 2 pianos
1991: Ice, duet for violin and violoncello (for Ultima Vez)
1991: Movement No.3 for string quartet
1991: String Quartet No.1
1993: Kinok (for Rosas Company)
1993: Passacaglia and variations for violin
1994: Amor constante más allá de la muerte (for Rosas Company)
1995: Concerto for violin and ensemble
1995: Unknowness, for percussionists and sampled sounds
1996: Tippeke (for Rosas Company)
2002: Palindrome, hoket in 8
2002: Water, for 6 percussionists, violoncello, electronic and sampled sounds
2003: Élastique, electronic composition
2004: Landscape 1, electronic composition

Main films

1984: Floréal (documentary)
1993: Love Sonnets, with Michèle Anne De Mey
1996: Rosas danst Rosas, with Anne Teresa, Baroness de Keersmaeker and Rosas Company
1996: Tippeke, with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
1998: 21 études à danser, with Michèle Anne De Mey
1998: Musique de tables, with Wim Vandekeybus' group
1999: Barbes Bleues
2000: Dom Svobode, with Iztok Kovač
2001: Ma mère l'Oye, with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Michèle Anne De Mey, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and others.
2002: Fase, with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Michèle Anne De Mey
2004: Counter Phrases, group of ten filmed choreographies, with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Rosas Company.

References

^ Bellon, Michaël (5 March 2016). "Thierry De Mey: composer as choreographer". BRUZZ. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
^ Lim, Wesley (16 May 2018). "An Enhanced Otherworldliness: Thierry De Mey's Screendance Based on William Forsythe's One Flat Thing, reproduced". Dance Research Journal. 50 (1): 47–66. doi:10.1017/S0149767718000037.

External links

Thierry De Mey at IMDb
Interview with Thierry De Mey (2001)
"Thierry De Mey (biography, works, resources)" (in French and English). IRCAM.

[1] Bellon, Michaël (5 March 2016). "Thierry De Mey: composer as choreographer". BRUZZ. Retrieved 25 March 2024.

[2] Lim, Wesley (16 May 2018). "An Enhanced Otherworldliness: Thierry De Mey's Screendance Based on William Forsythe's One Flat Thing, reproduced". Dance Research Journal. 50 (1): 47–66. doi:10.1017/S0149767718000037.

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