DANCE
Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon William Forsythe |
Written 30 January |
Wednesday 08 April, 20:30Théâtre de la Ville, 75004 [map]
The work of American dancer and choreographer
William Forsythe is acknowledged for reorienting the practice of ballet from its identification with classical repertoire to a dynamic 21st-century art form. His more recent works, grounded in a deconstructive reconsideration of the possibilities of classical ballet structures and theatricality, have further extended his research on the performative potentials of dance and his investigation of choreography as a fundamental principle of organization. Forsythe’s works engage deeply with performative conventions and the fields of contemporary visual arts, architecture, and interactive multimedia. The dynamic Second Detail (1991), Duo (1996) and One flat thing, reproduced (2000), an obstacle race set between sharp-edged tables, span the last ten years with a frenzied musical composition from
Thom Willems. Not to be missed.
