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Next Wave Festival 2003.

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BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

SEPTEMBER 30-DECEMBER 13, 2003

FOR SHEER radiance of movement, the European companies outdid the groups from the United States and Taiwan in this quintessential New York festival.

The soon-to-be-disbanded Ballett Frankfurt provoked, agitated, and delighted audiences. Artistic director William Forsythe challenges his dancers to the nth degree, wildly decentering the pelvis while delivering strong pointe work and expansive upper bodies. His choreography looks chaotic at first, but sly congruencies give it order.

In the terrific (N.N.N.N.), four men were part of a giddy puzzle, fitting their bodies into each other's negative spaces. Their movement was contagious, like the Marx Brothers's passing around physical jokes in the blink of an eye. The leggy Duo, for two women dressed in black with transparent tops, was both luscious and austere. The odd or elegant folding and unfolding sequences seemed to turn the dancers inside out. Like much of Forsythe's choreography, Duo transformed pointe work from something ethereal into something earthy. The two dancers,...

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