Artifact Suite | FORSYTHE

With a cast of thirty five dancers, this is a major choreographic achievement that succeeds in deconstructing and reconstructing the rules of traditional ballet without denying its traditional technique. Rules are both extended and broken in this work whose powerful images perturb theatrical imagery and push the play of optical illusions to their limits.

"Artifact Suite" | FORSYTHE
Choreography: William Forsythe
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach and Eva Crossman-Hecht
Piano: Margot Kazimirska
Sets, costumes and lighting: William Forsythe

Premiere by the Frankfurt Ballet in 1984
Premiere by Ballets de Monte-Carlo on December 31st  2006, Grimaldi Forum Monaco