Pointes of View: Rebecca Groves

“William Forsythe’s Ballets about Ballet”

Performance scholar Rebecca Groves, formerly Dramaturg of the Ballett Frankfurt and Executive Director of the Forsythe Foundation, discusses The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude and how it takes up ballet as its subject matter—empowering dancers, developing the tradition in unexpected directions, and engaging audiences in new ways.

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Header Image: Jennifer Stahl in Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill Of Exactitude // © Erik Tomasson

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