威廉・科西活跃编舞界逾45载，擅长将传统古典芭蕾重塑成充满活力的21世纪艺术形式。他专注研究舞蹈的基本原则，除编舞及演出外亦涉猎装置、录像及结合数码科技创作。今年7月，他的大型互动艺术装置《无处又遍处（二）》将於西九文化区举行亚洲首展。作为本学院的名誉博士，我们很荣幸邀请他为学院分享该展览的创作理念及对舞蹈纪录、研究与教育的编舞方向。

讲者：
威廉・科西教授，国际著名编舞，香港演艺学院荣誉博士

主持人：
陈颂瑛教授，香港演艺学院舞蹈学院院长

威廉・科西教授简介
William Forsythe has been active in the field of choreography for over 45 years. His work is acknowledged for reorienting the practice of ballet from its identification with classical repertoire to a dynamic 21st century art form. Forsythe's deep interest in the fundamental principles of organization has led him to produce a wide range of projects including installations, films, and web-based knowledge creation.

Raised in New York, Forsythe danced with the Joffrey Ballet and later the Stuttgart Ballet, where he was appointed Resident Choreographer in 1976. In 1984, he began a 20-year tenure as director of the Ballet Frankfurt, after which he founded and directed The Forsythe Company from 2005 to 2015.

Awards received by Forsythe and his ensembles include the New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award (1988, 1998, 2004, 2007) and London’s Laurence Olivier Award (1992, 1999, 2009). Forsythe has been conveyed the title of Commandeur des Arts et Lettres (1999) by the government of France and has received the Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale (2010), to name a few. In 2002 and 2003, he was the inaugural dance mentor in the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, working with dancer and choreographer Sang Jijia of China.

Forsythe has developed new approaches to dance documentation, research, and education. His 1994 computer application “Improvisation Technologies: A Tool for the Analytical Dance Eye”, developed with the ZKM / Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, is used as a teaching tool by professional companies, dance conservatories, universities, postgraduate architecture programs, and secondary schools worldwide. 2009 marked the launch of “Synchronous Objects for One Flat Thing”, a digital online score developed with The Ohio State University that reveals the organizational principles of the choreography and demonstrates their possible application within other disciplines.

Forsythe is a current Professor of Dance and Artistic Advisor for the Choreographic Institute at the University of Southern California Glorya Kaufman School of Dance.

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