William Forsythe: From a Classical Position

Overview

William Forsythe, acknowledged as one of the greatest choreographic talents of our time, and his long-time collaborator Dana Caspersen, also of the Frankfurt Ballet, perform a duet conceived especially for the camera. From a Classical Position constitutes a one-off experience of Forsythe and Caspersen's work, giving dance lovers a unique vision of their art as choreographers, dancers and now film-makers. The piece is performed to an original score by Thomas Willems, a composition for a single piano, which like the dance, is at once naked in its simplicity and at times spell-binding in its complex intensity. To this sometimes-music and sometimes-silence performance, Caspersen and Forsythe dance a duet of sublime passion and sophistication, a love story without sentimentality.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 31, 1992

Original language

English

Production

Euphoria Films

Director

William Forsythe,Dana Caspersen

Producer

Sophie Gardiner,Debra Hauer

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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