This programme offers an insight into different stadiums of William Forsythe's concepts and works in the last 13 years performed by dancers from the former Ballett Frankfurt and other invited guests from the Nederlands Dans Theater, Lyon Opera Ballet, Het Nationale Ballet, Stuttgarter Ballett and the Compania Nacional De Danza, Madrid. Also on the programme are dance films and video installations.

Dance Films and Video Installations

Dance film


SOLO (1995, 7')


Direction: Thomas Lovell Balogh


Dance/Choreography: William Forsythe


Music: Thom Willems mit Maxim Franke


Camera: Jess Hall

Dance film


FROM A CLASSICAL POSITION (1997, 26')


Choreography/Direction/Dance: Dana Caspersen & William Forsythe


Production: Euphoria Films for Channel 4 (UK)

Installation


AIRDRAWING - FRONT/HAND/IN/STUDY (2004, loop)


Concept/Direction/Editing: Peter Welz


Dance: William Forsythe

Dance Video/Installation


KAMERA 1/KAMERA 2 (2004, loop)


Concept/Direction/Editing: Talal Al-Muhanna


Camera: Evann Siebens, Yannis Adoniou


Choreography: Ayman Harper, Prue Lang, Cora Bos-Kroese, Richard Siegal, Georg Reischl


Dance: Ballett Frankfurt


Production: Ballett Frankfurt mit freundlicher Unterstützung durch das Künstlerhaus
Mousonturm/Frankfurt

Duetts from various Choreographies

DUO (1996, 13')


Choreography: William Forsythe


Dancers: Natasa Novotna, Parvaneh Sharafali


Music: Thom Willems


Piano: David Morrow

HERMAN SCHMERMAN (PAS DE DEUX) (1992, 12')


Choreography: William Forsythe


Music: Thom Willems


Costumes: Gianni Versace, William Forsythe


Dancers: Christopher Roman, Bridget Breiner

THE LOSS OF SMALL DETAIL (PAS DE DEUX) (1991, 8')


Choreography: William Forsythe


Music: Thom Willems


Dancers: Christopher Roman, Ana Catalina Roman

APPROXIMATE SONATA (1996)


Choreography: William Forsythe


Music: Thom Willems, Tricky/"Pumpkin"


Costumes: Stephen Galloway


Dancers: Noah Gelber / Marisa Lopez, Alejandro Alvarez / Stephanie Dalmond, Peggy Grelat / Demond Hart