Frankfurt + William Forsythe

First, as usual, Forsythe's work has blown my mind.

If you have not already seen this, here's Forsythe himself doing this AMAZING solo. THen imagine that with crazy vocalizations and by 20 people and in, on, under, between tables...



It was neither dance, opera, ballet, theater... it was something so uniquly hybrid. The dancers slammed, poked, dipped, etc. through tables and a crazy obstacle course, just feet from you (it was an installation in the round). Not only were they dancing in Forsythe's inventive language, they were vocalizing in a fantastic manner.. indistinguishable but understandable i think is how they stated it. At any rate, it was terrifying for the most part, though I couldn't figure out why. It was primal, futile, anarchy, tender.. everything.

I don't have photos from it, but here are a couple from previous works that are in the same vein:






































Also, for those of you thinking of taking a couchette.. it's a tight tight fit. We were in a 6-bed couchette, which meant two 3-bed bunks. You could reach your arm out and hit the person in the bunk next to you :)

Frankfurt was beautiful, of course.. here's some photos of our 4 hr stay :D

Oh, so this is toward the end, before the show...


















This is the alternate opera i think..


















Reminder of history

















right across the street - this very odd glass building

















same building






















Just buildings.. plus i swear the same ugly trees (ugly in winter) we have at UCB

















Mosaics on building






















Happy German Platz - there was an office, a sign and a hippie van. Awesome.










Cathedral... it was an awesome coral color

















same






















outside of Cathedral






















Cathedral plus moon (and blue skies!!)






















More mosaics



















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