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William Forsythe and the practice of choreography

William Forsythe is one of the most, if not the most, important choreographers of the last 25 years. As director of the Frankfurt Ballet he has been lauded for reinvigorating the language of classical ballet in a fearless and comprehensiveness examination of its most fundamental assumptions and precepts.

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adult
Length
short · 186 pages

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