A film by Olivia Rochette and Gerard-Jan Claes With Boštjan Antončič, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Marie Goudot, Julien Monty, Michaël Pomero, Jean-Guihen Queyras Production Rasmus Van Heddeghem, Ruben Desiere Production Rosas Hans Galle Planning Rosas Anne Van Aerschot Supervising producer 24images Farid Rezkallah Line producer 24images Julie Charrier Image Olivia Rochette Sound Lennert De Taeye Editing Dieter Diependaele Sound editing Sabrina Calmels Sound mixing Aline Gavroy Colour grading Raphaëlle Dufosset Graphic Design Casier & Fieuws Distribution Belgium Dalton Distribution Produced by Accattone films A collaboration with Rosas A co-production with 24images, Mezzo, Kaaitheater & De Munt / La Monnaie, Sadler’s Wells With the support of Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF), Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, Canvas, RTBF, Le Mans Télévision Mitten segue le ultime settimane di prove di Mitten wir im Leben sind, una performance di Anna Teresa De Keersmaeker, della sua compagnia Rosas e del violoncellista Jean-Guihen Queyras, basata sulle sei suite per violoncello di Johann Sebastian Bach. Il film offre uno sguardo intimo nella metodologia meticolosa di De Keersmaeker, nella quale un universo coreografico è costruito attraverso uno studio attento della composizione musicale. Questo intenso processo creativo, fatto di costanti revisioni e affinamenti e caratterizzato dall’inesauribile desiderio di precisione e dettaglio di De Keersmaeker, emerge nello sguardo paziente dei registi nel lavoro del coreografo, del musicista e dei danzatori. Mitten follows the final weeks of rehearsals of Mitten wir im Leben sind, a performance by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, her company Rosas and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, based on the six cello suites by Johann Sebastian Bach. The film offers an intimate glance into De Keersmaeker’s meticulous methodology, in which a choreographic universe is built up through a careful study of musical composition. This intense creative process of continuously reshaping and honing, characterised by De Keersmaeker’s inexhaustible longing for precision and detail, is reflected in the filmmakers’ patient look at the work of the choreographer, the musician and dancers.