Comments on: My Naïve Impressions of the Forsythe Method http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/03/10/my-naive-impressions-of-the-forsythe-method/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:14:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Noah D. http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/03/10/my-naive-impressions-of-the-forsythe-method/#comment-6009 Noah D. Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:59:14 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/03/10/my-naive-impressions-of-the-forsythe-method/#comment-6009 Hi Penny, Lond time no hear/write/see... thanks for mentioning me here. Nice to see news from you and to know you're still doing the good work in Minneapolis. I am curious to hear how the whole thang went down with Dana and the other Forsythe expert whiz-kids! Sally kept me informed that it was going to take place but I went off the internet-gridd again a few weeks back. This happens when I dive under and ensconce myself in intense work which requires more attention than I can spread around. (Besides the consideration that I was battling Russia in winter.) I'm just surfacing again after a stressful and eventful month within both the Mariinsky and Bolshoi Theaters, then in Tel Aviv on tour with the Kirov Ballet where I was rehearsing the Kirov's 4-ballet Forsythe Program. Sally sent me this link to follow up on the progress of the week long residency. Hope it was great! I'm only getting back home here in Frankfurt, waking up to life "as usual" - I hear the Frankfurt dancers who were in Minneapolis are now doing the same. Do keep us posted! I hope you had much more time to delve into the Forsythe improvisational technologies than we had in that very brief day back in... what year was it, anyway? I still remember the workshop you mention, it was fun seeing all of you again after dancing with the company, and rolling around with y'all on the stage as well, searching for parts of the body and arcs/ranges of movement we had never used or aimed to use before, in areas behind ourselves we had not thought of examining before. I'm writing this in haste and not making any effort whatsoever to edit myself or sound eloquent. For fear of frightful typos, I'll wind down here and await further news flashes. Keep mu/us posted! I send you all my best wishes, Sally and James when you read this, and all other various parties in Minneapolis who I met during my 2 periods there within the last decade or so. Pass the flame and keep it burning upwards! Glad the Forsythe shows and sharing of info was a huge success. Sending best regards, I remain sincerely Noah D. Gelber Hi Penny,
Lond time no hear/write/see… thanks for mentioning me here. Nice to see news from you and to know you’re still doing the good work in Minneapolis. I am curious to hear how the whole thang went down with Dana and the other Forsythe expert whiz-kids! Sally kept me informed that it was going to take place but I went off the internet-gridd again a few weeks back. This happens when I dive under and ensconce myself in intense work which requires more attention than I can spread around. (Besides the consideration that I was battling Russia in winter.)
I’m just surfacing again after a stressful and eventful month within both the Mariinsky and Bolshoi Theaters, then in Tel Aviv on tour with the Kirov Ballet where I was rehearsing the Kirov’s 4-ballet Forsythe Program.

Sally sent me this link to follow up on the progress of the week long residency. Hope it was great! I’m only getting back home here in Frankfurt, waking up to life “as usual” - I hear the Frankfurt dancers who were in Minneapolis are now doing the same.

Do keep us posted! I hope you had much more time to delve into the Forsythe improvisational technologies than we had in that very brief day back in… what year was it, anyway?
I still remember the workshop you mention, it was fun seeing all of you again after dancing with the company, and rolling around with y’all on the stage as well, searching for parts of the body and arcs/ranges of movement we had never used or aimed to use before, in areas behind ourselves we had not thought of examining before.

I’m writing this in haste and not making any effort whatsoever to edit myself or sound eloquent. For fear of frightful typos, I’ll wind down here and await further news flashes. Keep mu/us posted!
I send you all my best wishes, Sally and James when you read this, and all other various parties in Minneapolis who I met during my 2 periods there within the last decade or so. Pass the flame and keep it burning upwards!
Glad the Forsythe shows and sharing of info was a huge success.
Sending best regards,
I remain sincerely
Noah D. Gelber

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