William Forsythe, along with Merce Cunningham and Noemie Lafrance, is one of the people who initiated my interest in the relationship between site-specific work and the built environment. A native New Yorker, he is currently the resident choreographer of the Frankfurt Ballet. The amazing thing is that his dancing style is not classical ballet -- it is deconstructed ballet. For instance, he will start with a movement, like a plié, and rearrange it so that the move is still considered ballet, but is refreshed and reworked. It's like taking pancake batter and pouring it into a waffle iron -- it's still the same food, it just looks and feels different. He is known for his dance notation technique and for using architectural elements, like a table in his pieces. I recently visited his website and saw that he has a piece at Ohio State University. I was prepared to find a way there, to see a legendary performance, but the piece is actually an interactive web project, Synchronous Objects. Check it out.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
William Forsythe
William Forsythe, along with Merce Cunningham and Noemie Lafrance, is one of the people who initiated my interest in the relationship between site-specific work and the built environment. A native New Yorker, he is currently the resident choreographer of the Frankfurt Ballet. The amazing thing is that his dancing style is not classical ballet -- it is deconstructed ballet. For instance, he will start with a movement, like a plié, and rearrange it so that the move is still considered ballet, but is refreshed and reworked. It's like taking pancake batter and pouring it into a waffle iron -- it's still the same food, it just looks and feels different. He is known for his dance notation technique and for using architectural elements, like a table in his pieces. I recently visited his website and saw that he has a piece at Ohio State University. I was prepared to find a way there, to see a legendary performance, but the piece is actually an interactive web project, Synchronous Objects. Check it out.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Bakfiets and Nature
What could be better than bakfiets full of adorable kids and bags of groceries from the farmer's market? Possibly bakfiets filled with "nature". Leave it to the Dutch to integrate cycling with land issues and celebrities. Read the story on the blog: Bakfiets en Meer.
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