quick brown fox
2001

The initial impulse for Quick Brown Fox was the well-known typing exercise of the fox jumping over the lazy dog. The structured, methodical beginning surges forth into a myriad of sparkling energy, forming and reforming. This collaborative work spans the distance from Australia to Germany.

William Forsythe, Artistic Director of Ballett Frankfurt, and Leigh Warren of Leigh Warren & Dancers are both from rigorous classical backgrounds. Quick Brown Fox draws together the extremes of their classical vocabulary with the respective improvisational styles of the two companies.

"Out of infinite choices of movement the challenge for the choreographer is to choose one." (William Forsythe) As the atoms of our language, the alphabet is constantly combined and scrambled to form words.

"Does anything we say ever leave us?", Rodney Hall writes about the body as the space/house for the voice. In Quick Brown Fox words are expressed through the body and bounced off the surrounding surfaces. Computer generated screen media extends the stage lighting to enhance the illusion of boundless surfaces. Quick Brown Fox is the illusion of reality and the deception of space…