William Forsythe: HIMMEL & HÖLLE

With his choreographic object ›Himmel & Hölle‹, William Forsythe invites visitors to engage in playful interaction. The work returned to PACT Zollverein in November 2025.

Chalk on concrete

HOPPING ON TWENTY - ONE RECTANGLES
HOP ALTERNATIVELY - ON ONE FOOT OR
THE OTHER - FIFTY SIX TIMES WHILE
CHANGING FEET EVERY - THIRD, SEVENTH, SECOND
FIFTH, AND ELEVENTH - HOP, WHILE REVERSING
DIRECTION - EVERY SIXTH HOP AND
NEVER LANDING ON - A RECTANGLE OF THE
SAME COLOR FOR - MORE THAN THREE HOP

Essen, PACT Zollverein, 2019