past works

medico manouevres	satyagraha	einstein on the beach parts 1&2	like no-one is watching
a dancing life	einstein on the beach parts 3&4	mixed doubles	love deceit & 81 questions
akhnaten	quick brown fox	it's a boy thing	divining
chasing space	masterpieces of the 21st century	depth of field	quiver
klinghoffer

quick brown fox
2001

The initial impulse for Quick Brown Foxwas 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…