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Summary:

William Forsythe is one of the most, if not the most, important choreographers of the last 25 years. As director of the Frankfurt Ballet he has been lauded for reinvigorating the language of classical ballet in a fearless and comprehensiveness examination of its most fundamental assumptions and precepts.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Watching the Ballett Frankfurt, 1988-2009 / Roslyn Sulcas
• 2. Of monsters and puppets: William Forsythe's work after the ̀Robert Scott Complex' / Gerald Siegmund
• 3. Splintered encounters: the critical reception to William Forsythe in the United States, 1979-1989 / Mark Franko
• 4. Nijinsky's heir: a classical company leads modern dance / Senta Driver
• 5. Timbral architectures, aurality's force: sound and music / Chris Salter
• 6. Dancing music: the intermodality of The Forsythe Company / Freya Vass-Rhee
• 7. Choreographic objects / William Forsythe
• 8. Decreation: fragmentation and continuity / Dana Caspersen
• 9. Inside the knot that two bodies make / Steven Spier
• 10. Aberrations of gravity / Heidi Gilpin
• 11. space of memory: William Forsythe's ballets / Gerald Siegmund
• 12. Choreographic thinking and amateur bodies / Steven Spier.

Contributors:

Spier, Steven

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Forsythe, William, 1949-

Frankfurter Ballett

Choreographers — United States — Biography

Dance teachers — United States — Biography

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

GV1785.F66 W527 2011eb

ISBNs:

9780203832233 (electronic bk.)
020383223X (electronic bk.)
9780415978224 [Invalid]
041597822X [Invalid]
9780415978231 [Invalid]
0415978238 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

775064659

Other Control Numbers:

EBC801584 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp7619929