| LC control no. | n 85023002 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Forsythe, William, 1949- |
| Associated place | Stuttgart (Germany) Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Dresden (Germany) |
| Birth date | 1949 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Dance Choreography Ballet Dance--Production and direction Teaching Installations (Art) Exhibitions |
| Affiliation | Whitney Biennial Biennale di Venezia MuseĢe du Louvre 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT (Gallery : Tokyo, Japan) Joffrey Ballet Stuttgarter Ballett Frankfurter Ballett Forsythe Company Cornell University |
| Profession or occupation | Dancers Choreographers Dance teachers Authors |
| Found in | Jahn, T. 'Tis pity she's a whore, c1981: t.p. (William Forsythe) International dictionary of ballet, c1993 (Forsythe, William; Amer. dancer, choreographer & ballet director; b. 12/30/49 in New York; dancer, Joffrey Ballet, 1971-73, Stuttgart Ballet, 1973-80; director & chief choreographer, Frankfurt Ballet, from 1984; author & chor. of Tis pity she's a whore, 1980) Sider, October 10, 2013, 2013: credits & accompanying house program (Forsythe, William; choreographer, artistic director, dancer, teacher; raised in New York; trained in Florida; danced with Joffrey Ballet and Stuttgart Ballet; appointed resident choreographer of Stuttgart Ballet in 1976; director of Ballett Frankfurt from 1984-2004; established Forsythe Company, Dresden in 2004; his installation and film works presented in museums and exhibitions including the Whitney Biennial, Venice Biennale, Louvre Museum, and 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo; developed new approaches to dance documentation, research, and education; taught at Cornell University from 2009-2015 as the A.D. White Professor-at-Large) |
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