_Images by Victor Frankowski / Brighton Festival_

Artist and choreographer [William Forsythe](http://www.williamforsythe.de/)'s recent installation _Nowhere and Everywhere At The Same Time No. 2_ achieves what every DJ strives for relentlessly: getting everyone in one room to dance, whether they like it or not. The project, located at Circus Street market as part of the [Brighton Festival](http://brightonfestival.org/) in England, is described as a "choreographic object," where a former market space was equipted with hundreds of hanging pendulums, programmed to elegantly dangle and twist in choreographed sequences. Visitors are subsequently coerced to dip and pop as if they were erratically dancing to some high BPM music.

Even if the exhibition visitors' movements aren't the most graceful, the participatory installation definitely sparked smiles on by-standers' faces. Hey, when hundreds of metal pendulums are swinging towards you, no one can be a smooth dancer. See some images and a video of _Nowhere and Everywhere At The Same Time No. 2_ below_:_

Co-programmed in partnership with South East Dance William Forsythe's choreographic object populates the old municipal market space with hundreds of delicate pendulums, swinging in timed sequences. As you move around without touching the pendulums, your strides and side-steps will produce a lively choreography of manifold and intricate avoidance strategies.

Forsythe’s blend of choreography and artwork, in which you become the dancer, contrasts reactive spontaneity and pre-programmed precision. This is the latest reinvention of a piece that evolves in reaction to the space it occupies: a tribute to a great Brighton landmark destined to become a new Dance Space for the city.

William Forsythe is hailed as one of the world’s most innovative choreographers, credited with moving the focus of dance from the classical tradition to a dynamic, 21st century artform. In recent years he has been exploring the notion of movement in its widest context, with a series of acclaimed installations, artworks and films.

The Forsythe Company is supported by the city of Dresden and the state of Saxony as well as the city of Frankfurt am Main and the state of Hesse. The Forsythe Company is Company-in-Residence of both HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts in Dresden and the Bockenheimer Depot in Frankfurt am Main. With special thanks to the ALTANA Kulturstiftung for supporting The Forsythe Company.

Supported by the Aisbitt Family

A Coproduction of The Forsythe Company 
and Ruhrtriennale - International Festival of the Arts

Brighton Festival is grateful to Cathedral Group and McLaren for providing Circus Street Market for this Event

Film by Shy Camera
www.shycamera.co.uk

Nowhere and Everywhere at the Same Time No. 2

h/t [My Modern Met](http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/william-forsythe-nowhere-and-everywhere)

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