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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | William Forsythe |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Steven Spier |
| ISBN: | 9780415978224 041597822X 9780415978231 0415978238 9780203832233 020383223X |
| OCLC Number: | 650020066 |
| Description: | xiv, 186 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Watching the ballet Frankfurt, 1988-2009 / Roslyn Sulcas -- Of monsters and puppets: William Forsythe's work after the 'Robert Scott Complex' / Gerald Siegmund -- Splintered encounters: the critical reception to William Forsythe in the United States, 1979-1989 / Mark Franko -- Nijinsky's heir: a classical company leads modern dance / Senta Driver -- Timbral architectures, aurality's force: sound and music / Chris Salter -- Dancing music: the intermodality of The Forsythe Company / Freya Vass-Rhee -- Choreographic objects / William Forsythe -- Deceration: fragmentation and continuity / Dana Caspersen -- Inside the knot that two bodies make / Steven Spier -- Aberrations of gravity / Heidi Gilpin -- The space of memory: William Forsythe's ballets / Gerald Siegmund -- Choregraphic thinking and amateur bodies / Steven Spier. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Steven Spier. |
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Abstract:
William Forsythe is one of the most important choreographers. As director of "The Frankfurt Ballet (1984-2004)" he has been lauded for reinvigorating the language of classical ballet. This title features a collection of essays which argues that ballet is a contemporary medium according to Forsythe.
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