William Forsythe

With his Choreographic Objects, world-renowned choreographer William Forsythe shifts your attention from viewing to doing. Rather than relying on visual form alone, these pieces establish distinct choreographic conditions that take shape only through your active, physical engagement with them. Each object proposes a situation in which movement becomes the primary means of encountering the work.

Sometimes your engagements with William Forsythe’s Choreographic Objects unfold immediately and almost without thought, prompted by the object’s straightforward cues. Others require a more deliberate coordination of perception, balance, and decision-making in order to navigate their simple rules. Across this spectrum, the works do not prescribe a specific outcome; instead, they foreground the ways your body organises itself in response to spatial prompts and shifting conditions.

Cover image: William Forsythe, Nowhere and Everywhere at the Same Time, 2015, plumb bobs, strings, Collection of MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt | Courtesy of the artist, photo : Dominik Mentzos