The Goldberg Variations, BWV988

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker & Pavel Kolesnikov

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Bach Academie Brugge 2026

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Wed 14 Jan 2026 -20.00

Sales starts on 13 May 2025

Concertzaal

introduction by NN	19.15
start	20.00
expected end time	22.30
vanaf 14 jaar

Standard €27.00 - €45.00

Réduction -35 a. €17.60 - €29.30

Réduction -26 a. €13.50 - €22.50

All prices include booking fees.

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Solo dance to Bach

Five years after the creation of The Goldberg Variations, BWV988, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is reprising this exceptional solo work especially for the Bach Academy. Together with pianist Pavel Kolesnikov, she begins with the score, with a single aria and thirty variations. The music challenges the dance to find variation in an unchanging theme.

credits

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Goldberg Variations, BWV988

executives

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker: choreography & dance
Pavel Kolesnikov: piano
Alain Franco: musical collaboration
Diane Madden: choreographic assistance
Minna Tiikkainen: décor & lighting design

production: Rosas
coproduction: Wiener Festwochen, Concertgebouw Brugge, De Munt | La Monnaie (Brussels), Théâtre de la Ville à Paris - Théâtre du Châtelet, Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / Julidans (Amsterdam), Sadler’s Wells (London) & Montpellier Danse
This production was realised with the support of the Tax Shelter scheme of the Belgian Federal Government, in collaboration with Casa Kafka Pictures
Rosas is supported by the Flemish Community and by the Flemish Community Commission (VGC)

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Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker: choreography & dance
Pavel Kolesnikov: piano
Alain Franco: musical collaboration
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