Rosas dance company revives Coltrane's "A love supreme"
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Rosas, a dance company based in Belgium, will perform its interpretation of John Coltrane’s album “A Love Supreme” from September 16 to 18 at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels.
The company first developed the dance piece in 2005 as part of “Raga for the rainy season” and later expanded it into a full-length performance in 2017. Choreographers Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Salva Sanchis collaborated on the work, drawing inspiration from the improvisational nature of jazz.
De Keersmaeker explained that she initially created highly structured choreography, but her interest shifted toward improvisation after being introduced to musicians like Miles Davis and John Coltrane. Sanchis noted that jazz has a long history of improvisation, and that dancers should not consider improvising something unusual. The creators found Coltrane’s album particularly well-suited for dance because of its potential for improvisation and its structure as a four-part composition created in a single day.
De Keersmaeker also described how the artistic scene of the 1960s was influenced by Eastern spirituality, mirroring Coltrane’s roots in religious preaching and his practice of beginning creative projects with written poetry. The company connected each of the four dancers to a different instrument from the original recording, saxophone, piano, bass, and drums, to guide the choreography.
