By Elaine Gaertner The Noverre Society — Friends of Ballet, founded in 1958 by ballet enthusiast Fritz Höver, was named to honour 18th-century dancer and choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre, whose treatise, Lettres sur la dance and sur les ballets, revolutionized the art of ballet. In 1961, Höver joined forces with Stuttgart Ballet director John Cranko and
By Kaija Pepper The woman coming toward me moves to the edge of the sidewalk, right up against the garden running alongside. I step onto the grass boulevard bordering the sidewalk’s opposite edge. It’s far enough to make for close to the prescribed two metres between us, roughly two arm-length’s apart. Since a smile would
By Michael Crabb William Forsythe once memorably stated: “If dance only does what we assume it can do, it will expire.” Forsythe, who turns 70 on December 30, has spent the better part of his career ensuring that does not happen. He did not set out to be a revolutionary, but the effect of his