William Forsythe’s new piece Undertainment, for Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company, is fiendishly fascinating. It’s layered and limpid, as subtle as it is incisive: Forsythe choreographs not only the stage, but also our attention. Undertainment was one of the most anticipated pieces at the 2025 Lyon Dance Biennale, where Ioannis Mandafounis’s Lisa similarly set up clear structures within which the dancers improvise. View image in fullscreen Downbeat chorus line … Jan Martens’ The Dog Days Are Over. A slight bounce in the knees leads a line of dancers in somewhat grungy gym clothes to start jumping on the spot.