简介：InthefilmHoppla!madebyWolfgangKolb,twochoreographiesbyAnneTeresaDeKeersmaekerarebroughttogetherandperformedtothemusicoftheHungariancomposerBélaBartók:Microkosmos,sevenshortworksfortwopianosandQuatuornr.4,Bartók'sfourthstringquartet.ThereadingroomoftheUniversityofGhentlibrary,designedbythefamousarchitectHenryvandeVelde(1863-1957),servedasthelocation.DuringfilmingthemusicwasperformedlivebythepianistsWalterHusandStefanPoelmansandbytheNetherlandsMondriaanQuartet.Mikrokosmosisa'pasdedeux':forthefirsttimeamaledancerentersAnneTeresadeKeersmaeker'suniverse.Fourgirls/womendancersperformtothestringquartet.InVandeVelde'sopenspacelitbylargewindowstheblackclothingofthedancerssharplyoutlinestheirmovements.Onesensesanimmensecomplicitybetweenthemusiciansandthedancers:theexhilarationofplayingmusictogetheranddancingsimultaneouslyisasitweretheartisticmotorofthisproject.InHoppla!,Bartók'sdansantmusic,DeKeersmaeker'sinventivechoreography,VandeVelde'sausterespace,andWolfgangKolb'sdynamiceditingareequallymergedintooneenormousconvincingcomposition:thereforeHoppla!canberightfullyconsideredtobeoneofthemilestonesofthe,stillinitsinfancy,'video-dancegenre'.…