DANCERS FROM LEADING BALLET COMPANIES INCL. FORMER BALLETT FRANKFURT: WORKS BY WILLIAM FORSYTHER

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

Photos: Dieter Schwer