![]() As architects conceived methods of notating their spatial discoveries, so did the dancers. This quote advocates that dance organization is defined by the character of the space and its physical boundaries. As suggested by an American dancer and choreographer, William Forsythe: “Choreography is about organizing bodies in space, or you’re organizing bodies with other bodies or a body with other bodies in an environment that is organized”(2). It is an experience that architecture aims to define and capture, so by discussing dance and its representation in this essay I aim to inform architectural thinking.īoth dancers and architects study the movements of a person, how he walks across the room, how he chooses his direction and how he reacts to certain spaces. Through dance, endless possibilities of space are discovered and manifested. While architecture is static and the latter is mobile, both disciplines are tested through a measure of time. Paul Kaiser, Digital Artist Conversation between William Forsythe and Paul KaiserĪrchitecture and dance are forms of spatial expression both are experienced through shaping physical forms. As a non-dancer, I was completely lost.” (1) He started drawing imaginary shapes in the air, and then running his limbs through this complicated and invisible geometry. The first thing Bill did was to try to explain how he goes about creating new movements. ”I first met William Forsythe in his kitchen in Frankfurt in 1994. Organisation of Body and Space in Drawings by William Forsythe and Daniel Libeskind ![]()
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