WILLIAM FORSYTHE, Ballet; Stuttgart Frankfurt, and the Forsythescape

Nugent, A. (2021) WILLIAM FORSYTHE, Ballet; Stuttgart Frankfurt, and the Forsythescape. In: The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Ballet. Oxford Handbooks . Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 12-28. ISBN 9780190871499

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Abstract

William Forsythe questions the nature of dance and ways of thinking about choreography. Searching to bring ballet’s past into a new, and sometimes strange, present, he scrutinizes classically ordered systems. He initiates processes of deconstruction that enable the body to move into multiple kinespheres, linking his findings to improvisation strategies that change the bodily architecture. Thus distinctions blur between the dance’s outer appearance and the dancers’ inner awareness. In this chapter, Forsythe’s direction of the Ballett Frankfurt, and before that as a choreographer with the Stuttgart Ballet, is explored. The concept of the Forsythescape is introduced as a metaphor for a choreographic landscape that draws on different styles, identities, and social/cultural approaches. Focus turns to Artifact and Eidos:Telos, two long works of labyrinthine complexity. They change entrenched habits of looking at dance—and help to explain why the American Forsythe is renowned across the globe.

Publication Type: Book Sections
Additional Information: Chapter 1
Uncontrolled Keywords: Contemporary ballet, ballet studies, ballet history, choreography, dance theory, dance criticism, composition, twenty-first-century ballet
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV1580 Dance > GV1782 Stage. Setting and Scenery
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV1580 Dance > GV1782.5 Choreography
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV1580 Dance > GV1787 Ballet
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV1580 Dance
Divisions: Academic Areas > Department of Dance
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Depositing User: Ann Nugent
Date Deposited: 26 Apr 2019 11:33
Last Modified: 15 Apr 2023 01:10
URI: https://eprints.chi.ac.uk/id/eprint/4583

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