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Ictus
ICTUS is a Belgian ensemble for contemporary music. They work regularly with the dance company Rosas.
In 1983, musician and filmmaker Thierry De Mey, musician Peter Vermeersch (see among others Flat Earth Society), composer Walter Hus, Eric Sleichim (see Bl!ndman), clarinettist Dirk Descheemaeker and cellist François Deppe founded the sextet Maximalist! They provided the music for a number of the first performances of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Wim Vandekeybus. In 1990, conductor Georges-Elie Octors joined the by then expanded group, and they operated under the name Twelve Belgian Musicians. In 1994, they chose the name Ictus, which means 'the main accent of a word in poetry or song'. They performed under this name for the first time at the Luna Theater in Brussels, with a programme of music by Vermeersch, De Mey, Béla Bartók, Anton Webern and György Ligeti.
From 1994, the ensemble used the rehearsal space of the dance company Rosas in Brussels as its home base. The first collaboration with De Keersmaeker's company was for the production Kinok in 1994. In 1995 the second joint production, Amor Constante, followed. Just Before became their third production with Rosas in 1997. I Said I followed in 1999, Drumming with Rosas in 2000, Rain in 2002, 3Abschied in 2010, Vortex Temporum in 2014, and Verklärte Nacht in 2015.
In 1983, musician and filmmaker Thierry De Mey, musician Peter Vermeersch (see among others Flat Earth Society), composer Walter Hus, Eric Sleichim (see Bl!ndman), clarinettist Dirk Descheemaeker and cellist François Deppe founded the sextet Maximalist! They provided the music for a number of the first performances of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Wim Vandekeybus. In 1990, conductor Georges-Elie Octors joined the by then expanded group, and they operated under the name Twelve Belgian Musicians. In 1994, they chose the name Ictus, which means 'the main accent of a word in poetry or song'. They performed under this name for the first time at the Luna Theater in Brussels, with a programme of music by Vermeersch, De Mey, Béla Bartók, Anton Webern and György Ligeti.
From 1994, the ensemble used the rehearsal space of the dance company Rosas in Brussels as its home base. The first collaboration with De Keersmaeker's company was for the production Kinok in 1994. In 1995 the second joint production, Amor Constante, followed. Just Before became their third production with Rosas in 1997. I Said I followed in 1999, Drumming with Rosas in 2000, Rain in 2002, 3Abschied in 2010, Vortex Temporum in 2014, and Verklärte Nacht in 2015.
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