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Anne Teresa, Baroness De Keersmaeker (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈɑnəteːˈreːzaːdəˈkeːrsmaːkər], born 1960 in Mechelen, Belgium, grew up in Wemmel) is a contemporary dance choreographer.

The dance company constructed around her, Rosas [fr], was in residence at La Monnaie in Brussels from 1992 to 2007.

Biography

De Keersmaeker did not study dance until her last year of high school, instead studying music, specifically the flute.^[1] She studied from 1978 to 1980 at Mudra in Brussels, a school with links to La Monnaie and to Maurice Béjart's Ballet of the 20th Century.

She has said that the percussionist and her music teacher at MUDRA, Fernand Schirren [fr], was a major influence on her.^[1] In 1981, she attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

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While at the Tisch, she presented her first production, Asch (1980), in Brussels. In 1982 upon her return from the U.S.A. she created Fa