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Deconstructing the classical vocabulary from within
The American choreographer who took classical ballet apart and rebuilt it as something faster, off-center, and unmistakably contemporary.
San Francisco's abstraction of the classical line
A San Francisco company that keeps ballet's pointe work and extension while stripping away its narrative conventions entirely.
The Vancouver company that reinvented itself - and shaped Crystal Pite
A regional ballet company that shed its classical repertory entirely to become an all-contemporary commissioning ensemble - and once counted Crystal Pite among its dancers.
William Forsythe, 1984 - ballet that interrupts itself
William Forsythe's first major work as director of Ballett Frankfurt interrupts its own choreography with spoken text, sudden blackouts, and a curtain that crashes down mid-phrase.
William Forsythe, 2016 - deconstruction, resolved into song
William Forsythe returns to melodic, pointe-driven ballet vocabulary, setting songs by musician James Blake for the Paris Opera Ballet.
William Forsythe, 1987 - ballet vocabulary pushed to its outer edge
Forsythe's 1987 work for the Paris Opera Ballet became the most widely performed piece of contemporary ballet repertory in the world.
Jiří Kylián, 1991 - fencing foils, Mozart, and the choreography of desire
Kylián's 1991 Mozart bicentennial commission, built around fencing foils and rococo dresses, became NDT's most widely licensed work.
Alexei Ratmansky, 2014 - a gallery walk translated into steps
Alexei Ratmansky's abstract, wittily musical response to Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, made for New York City Ballet.
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