Forsythe Repertory - Vile Parody of Address
Forsythe and Rizzi Repertory

Tony Rizzi will be teaching a solo from "Vile Parody of Address", a more modern solo. The participants will learn about where ideas and impetus for the movements come from as well as how they can alter this bodytext to create new material. Rizzi very much likes to use the things that are going on in the space and set up a feeling of having a rehearsal at the Ballett Frankfurt. Letting the desires and ideas come from the people in the workshop he will guide what you will do next. This may mean jumping to a completly different piece or combining two together or as in the past maybe making a new piece out of it. An open mind and an understanding of "going with the flow" is a necessity to participate. And best would be to attend all 5 classes if you commit to the workshop. It is not a rule but it is more fulfilling for everyone.


Ballet - The Joy Of Movement
principles and tricks

This class is a classical ballet class but using the principals of describing space and sensing motion that I learned while improvising for Forsythe for many years. The class is body friendly and allows us to learn some "tricks of the trade" to make our lines more clear and long. We also will be approaching things with speed, deriving from my Balanchine training.
Like the title suggests I also look for ways that we can explore the joy of movement in a ballet class, incorporating the whole body and to be able to see that ballet is still dancing.



Forsythe Repertory - The interview with Robert Scott
Forsythe and Rizzi Repertory

Tony Rizzi will be teaching movement phrases based on "The interview with Robert Scott", a more modern solo. The participants will learn about where ideas and impetus for the movements come from as well as how they can alter this bodytext to create new material. Rizzi very much likes to use the things that are going on in the space and set up a feeling of having a rehearsal at the Ballett Frankfurt. Letting the desires and ideas come from the people in the workshop he will guide what you will do next. This may mean jumping to a completly different piece or combining two together or as in the past maybe making a new piece out of it. An open mind and an understanding of "going with the flow" is a necessity to participate. And best would be to attend all 5 classes if you commit to the workshop. It is not a rule but it is more fulfilling for everyone.


Antony Rizzi
Antony Rizzi, an Italian American coming from Boston, was from 1985 to 2003 a principal dancer and artistic advisor to William Forsythe at the Ballett Frankfurt.
He has been teaching Classical Ballet and Improvisation since 1987, first at The Boston Ballet and over the years at various companies like, Wuppertal Dancetheatre, Munich Ballet, La Scala Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet , Ballet Theatre Munich, Ballett Frankfurt and others.
He has been creating works as well since 1984 for various companies like The Royal Ballet, The Boston Ballet, The Ballett Frankfurt and the Scapino Ballet.
In addition he created works for his own company, Moving Productions including "Snowman Sinking", "Judy was angry", "The Role I Should Have Done", "1 2 3 you and me", "Being Human Being" and "Some of my best friends are trash".
Rizzi also works as an actor, with the Forsythe Company, Jan Fabre and most recently at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in the Opera The Fashion directed by Micheal Simon.