Synopses & Reviews
This journal Choreography and Dance contains primary source material as well as the perspectives of dance, and cultural critics and a complete list of Forsythe works up to 1998, and previously unpublished rehearsal and performance photographs of rarely seen works.
American choreographer William Forsythe, director of the Ballett Frankfurt, has created new terms and direction for classical ballet during the last twenty years. His influence on ballet aesthetics and his work have galvanized dancers and audiences around the world and secured him a commanding presence on the next generation of dancers. The impact of Forsythe's ideas can be compared to that of Nijinksy's choreography for Diaghilev, and his methods resonate with those of the great modern dance radicals Merce Cunningham and Trisha Brown.
Senta Driver was a Guggenheim Fellow for 1978 and sat on the board of directors and the executive committee of Dance/USA. She is now on the Board of the Dance Notation Bureau. Driver has publ
Synopsis
First Published in 2000. Choreography and Dance: An International Journal is concerned with the composition of ballet and related forms of dance performed on stage. The journal covers the techniques and training of choreographers, and the development of choreography together with historical, social, folk and other influences on dance. This is Volume 5, Part 3, focusing on the life of William Forsythe, his life and works in movement design and dance direction, including his time at the Ballett Frankurt.