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The Vertiginous Thrill of Forsythe


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"New Suite" is a series of pas de deux from works William Forsythe made for Frankfurt Ballet, and each time it is staged, he picks a different set of dances. It's a great way to ensure continuity, as new generations of dancers learn choreography that would otherwise be lost when the full works themselves aren't re-staged, and it's also a great way to see both the range and similarities in his choreography. It also means that each combination and/or order has a different resonance.

At the Q&A on Saturday night, Peter Boal told us that Forsythe, who was in Seattle for opening weekend, thought that the Slingerland Pas de Deux might not be a fit in the group selected for PNB, and on opening weekend Saturday, it was left off. (It was serendipitous that Karel Cruz, who was scheduled to dance it, was able to partner Sarah Ricard Orza in the Bach pas that followed.) From the cast lists on the website, he must have concluded that "New Suite" works better without it; there are eight, not nine, couples listed.

I was glad to have seen and heard the Slingerland pas. I wish it could be added into the "Emergence" program next year as a stand-alone along with the Lang (4-minute solo) and the Suddarth (TBD), but that might put that program into overtime.

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Here's an instagram snippet from the opening piece (Handel 1) in "New Suite" with Elizabeth Murphy and William Lin-Yee:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152894711373952&set=vb.21358443951&type=2&theater&notif_t=notify_me

Edited to add:

More:

Jahna Frantziskonis and Ezra Thomson in Handel 2:

https://instagram.com/p/0ZIQKIGelh/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet

Angelica Generosa and Eric Hipolito Jr. in Handel 3:

https://instagram.com/p/0a2jaJmejE/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet

Leslie Rausch and Raphael Bouchard in Berio 1:

https://instagram.com/p/0b236jGetk/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet

Lindsi Dec and Jerome Tisserand in Berio 3:

https://instagram.com/p/0b236jGetk/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet

Lindsi Dec and Seth Orza in "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated":

https://instagram.com/p/0O_siNmevM/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet

Benjamin Griffiths and Jonathan Porretta in "The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude":

https://instagram.com/p/0MRCEomehj/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet

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Last night (Friday) Macy really looked great in New Suite. And, unfortunately, Jonathan Porretta was out of In the Middle, replaced by Ben Griffiths, who was already dancing in New Suite. Someone asked about the substitution during the post-show Q/A, and Peter Boal said that Porretta's big toe was bothering him again (he was out earlier in the year with the same difficulty)

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