Decreation
Part of the 2009 Next Wave Festival
Oct 7—10 at 7:30pm
Choreography by William Forsythe
"Forsythe is the foremost choreographer today, and every performance in his oeuvre challenges space, movement and the logic of music. These are works of enduring and unforgettable force." —BOMB Magazine
For three decades, choreographer William Forsythe has upended traditions and defied expectations, producing works of enduring power. Last at BAM with the politically daring Three Atmospheric Studies (2007 Spring Season), Forsythe returns with Decreation, a work that challenges our notions of dance in the 21st century and asserts his place as one of the world's most innovative choreographers. A piece on love, jealousy, and the soul, Decreation explores the forces that shape and rend our relationships—with one another and ourselves.
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
65min, no intermission
Tickets: $20, 35, 50, 70
Stage design by William Forsythe
Lighting design by Jan Walter / William Forsythe
Music by David Morrow
Costumes by Claudia Hill
Dramaturgy by Rebecca Groves
Video design by Philip Bußmann
Sound design by Bernhard Klein, Dietrich Krüger, Niels Lanz
Camera by Ursula Maurer
The Forsythe Company is supported by the city of Dresden and the state of Saxony as well as the city of Frankfurt am Main and the state of Hesse.
We would like to thank Susanne Klatten for her support of The Forsythe Company.
The New York Times Review of Decreation
William Forsythe’s “Decreation,” … is a relentlessly mobile entity. Yet it is also a tightly wound whole, a kind of machine for creating storms of the soul and ruthlessly dissecting them..."
Official Homepage: The Forsythe Company
The Forsythe Company's official website
Article: Step-by-Step Guide to Dance: William Forsythe
A writer from The Guardian offers this snappy how-to guide.
Website: Synchronous Objects
A technically stunning website devoted to Forsythe's forays into dance transcription.
Article: "Drawing Movement's Connections"
Forsythe is making dance legible through a nifty new website. The Times looks at how.