Rosas Dance Co. @ Linc Ctr Festival is Nothing to Celebrate

Contemporary, Belgium choreographer Anne De Keersmaeker blazed onto the int'l dance scene in the 1980's.  Last night at the Linc. Ctr Festival, her Fase, Four Movements  (1982) choreographed to Steve Reich's compositions was performed.  De Keersmaeker was 1 of the 2 dancers on stage.  The 1st movement was "Piano Phase."  The dance was annoying & stupefying; 2+2 =3 or 5 or 6 shadows.  Actually, the lighting design by Remon Fromont was the most interesting aspect.  "Piano Phase" had 2 nearly identical women performing identical movements, robotically & repeatedly.  Their turning in circles while bending their arms at sharp angles was insipid.  The echo rippled to the few bars of Reich's relentlessly ponding composition.  The striking similarity of the dancers marked the many missteps.  "Come Out" had it's title on the curtain while the audience waited at length for the performance to commence.  When the 2 lights came on, the 2 dancers were seated on chairs under spotlights and remained in a supine position throughout.  The movements came from their arms.  Again, the dancers performed in synchronization to Reich's music.  The dancers wore army fatigues & the affect was of an intense interrogation.  As a dance piece, it didn't hold up.  After "Come Out" we went out.