A dance myth and a breakdance dancer united by Jacques Brel

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It is likely that nothing would have united Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and Solal Mariotte if it weren't for the dance and music of Jacques Brel (1929-1978). She is a renowned 66-year-old Flemish choreographer, one of the great names in contemporary European dance, creator of some seventy shows, founder of the company Rosas and the P.A.R.T.S. school. He, a 25-year-old French dancer, trained first in breakdance , then at the Annecy conservatory and Keersmaeker's school, where they discovered their common passion for the Belgian singer. "Jacques Brel is part of my history, while he discovered Brel on YouTube when he was a teenager," explains the choreographer. "She has taught me everything," admits Mariotte, provocatively. He is joking, but really few artists so young have had the opportunity to create and perform a duet with a living totem of dance, in a project with a large budget and an extensive tour, which arrives at the Teatre Grec this Thursday and Friday.