William Forsythe's Move to Cali

August 27, 2014

William Forsythe with Jodie Gates, the director of USC’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance.

(photo by Ian Carney)

You may have read that legendary choreographer William Forsythe is leaving his company to join the faculty of the new BFA program at University of Southern California’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. (The school will enroll its first class for the fall 2015 semester.) Forsythe will be leading composition and improvisation courses and mentoring the USC International Artist Fellows—a program for emerging artists. He’ll also serve as the the artistic advisor to the school’s Choreographic Institute.

The university has also announced that dancers will have the opportunity to work with professors and students at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts—particularly with the animation department. This is super cool, especially since we already know what amazing things happen when dance and animation meet (ahem, Duet). The collaboration, however, has already started: Take a look at the School of Dance’s website, which was created by cinematic arts associate professor Mike Patterson.

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