"[2] Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker created the dance and production team Rosas, and over the past 32 years the ensemble has won numerous awards and performed in many countries.
Anne Teresa de Keersmaker herself stated that, "We exploit every possible division and combination of four dancers, also the space in straight lines, diagonals, and finally a closed circle.
"[2] The piece has been described as many things; as Roslyn Sulcas wrote to The New York Times readership, "Riveting and exhausting, fascinating and relentless, brilliant and tedious, it is a mesmerizing exploration in synchronicity, patterning and rhythm.
[6] This being the case, it is not uncommon for audience members to walk out of the performance, particularly during the first act, as the four women are rolling on the floor and utilizing repetitive movements.
[6] Luke Jennings, of the Observer, wrote that when de Keersmaeker launched her company in 1983, it was her musicality and "pure, dance minimalism" that won her attention, and that although 'Fase' "used repetition to an almost hallucinatory effect... Rosas danst Rosas remains the more confrontational of the two, retaining its power to baffle, frustrate, and intrigue.
This version was filmed in the old building of the technical school of architect Henry Van de Velde in Leuven.
[8] As James McKinley Jr. noted in his article for the New York Times, 'The dancer's in Beyoncé's video not only share some dance moves with the "Rosas danst Rosas" piece, but also the costumes, the set and even some specific shots resemble a film of the dance made by Thierry De Mey...' [8] Beyoncé's response to de Keersmaeker's comments was 'Clearly, the ballet 'Rosas danst Rosas' was one of many references for my video 'Countdown'.
Obviously, Beyoncé, or the video clip director Adria Petty, plundered many bits of the integral scenes in the film...' [9]De Keersmaeker stressed that she was not angry,[9] and ended her statement by saying: 'Beyond resemblance there is also one funny coincidence.