The Joffrey Ballet’s Christine Rocas and Rory Hohenstein in In the middle, somewhat elevated (Herbert Migdoll) There I stood, center stage, during a performance of William Forsythe’s In the middle, somewhat elevated. Rehearsals for the ballet had been tricky. I’d felt self-conscious and hesitant about its stretched-to-the-limits choreography—particularly the passages of improvisation—in the studio. I […]
It seems like only yesterday that we were writing about legendary choreographer William Forsythe’s new position at the Paris Opéra Ballet. In a recent twist, he’ll be leaving POB at the end of outgoing artistic director Benjamin Millepied’s tenure—and partnering with Boston Ballet. (Boston Ballet principal Lia Cirio, photo by Emma Kauldhar) The company will […]
William Forsythe with Jodie Gates, the director of USC’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. (photo by Ian Carney) You may have read that legendary choreographer William Forsythe is leaving his company to join the faculty of the new BFA program at University of Southern California’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. (The school will enroll its […]