More than ten years ago, I was riveted by performances of several contemporary dance companies, including Jiri Kylian<\/a>\u2018s Nederlands Dans Theatre and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker<\/a>\u2018s Rosas<\/a>. What fascinated me was not only their sophisticated choreography style but also the way they used music. Suffice it to say that I was \u201creversely\u201d inspired as a composer by how they designed several elements such as time, space, and sound, not in a superficial way but in a more philosophical way.<\/p>\n Today, I\u2019d like to introduce Rosas\u2019 \u201cRosas Danst Rosas<\/a>\u201d (which I\u2019ve already mentioned in my Japanese blog<\/a>, using an analogy from Ikebana – the Japanese art of flower arrangement). When I came across this, I felt it fit into my senses without any discomfort or awkwardness (which we often feel when we encounter contemporary art performances). Their moves looked natural and sophisticated, not because of \u201cbeing creatively free\u201d but because of \u201cbeing strictly controlled.\u201d In other words, it is well calculated. This precision in their choreography is, however, not an attempt to be eccentric or extraordinarily different but an embodiment of their well-thought and disciplined concept of creative expression.<\/p>\n