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Simone Forti
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<p>Simone Forti (born March 25, 1935) is an American postmodern artist, dancer, choreographer, and writer. Since the 1950s, she has exhibited, performed, and taught workshops all over the world. Her innovations in <a href="/facts/Postmodern_dance/Bdvvgh7B">Postmodern dance</a>, including her seminal 1961 body of work, <i>Dance Constructions</i>, along with her contribution to the early <a href="/facts/Fluxus/VLUon7y1">Fluxus</a> movement, have influenced many notable dancers and artists. Forti first apprenticed with <a href="/facts/Anna_Halprin/wYS9yXth">Anna Halprin</a> in the 1950s and has since worked alongside artists and composers <a href="/facts/Nam_June_Paik/47dbdfcX">Nam June Paik</a>, <a href="/facts/Steve_Paxton/9XcUTHI4">Steve Paxton</a>, <a href="/facts/La_Monte_Young/2e1t3m5X">La Monte Young</a>, <a href="/facts/Trisha_Brown/B0VLTepq">Trisha Brown</a>, <a href="/facts/Charlemagne_Palestine/X1ls6y05">Charlemagne Palestine</a>, <a href="/facts/Peter_Van_Riper/2mBUnQbX">Peter Van Riper</a>, <a href="/facts/Dan_Graham/eCpQU46N">Dan Graham</a>, <a href="/facts/Yoshi_Wada/jqP5YyzH">Yoshi Wada</a>, <a href="/facts/Robert_Morris_(artist)/aCjTsdxd">Robert Morris</a> and others. Forti's published books include <i>Handbook in Motion</i> (1974, The Press of the <a href="/facts/NSCAD_University/78DH3RfY">Nova Scotia College of Art and Design</a>), <i>Angel</i> (1978, self-published), and <i>Oh Tongue</i> (2003, <a href="/facts/Beyond_Baroque_Literary_Arts_Center/vlwxRl2m">Beyond Baroque</a> Foundation, ed. Fred Dewey), reprinted by Nero Editions, Rome, in 2023, and <i>New Book (2024)</i>, published by Nero Editions. She is currently represented by The Box L.A. in Los Angeles, CA, and has works in the permanent collections of the <a href="/facts/Museum_of_Modern_Art/75lxKjfj">Museum of Modern Art</a> (MOMA) in New York, the <a href="/facts/Stedelijk_Museum_Amsterdam/ljXvLz4D">Stedelijk Museum</a> in <a href="/facts/Amsterdam/Xdd393bz">Amsterdam</a>, the <a href="/facts/Generali_Foundation/pT8s4pGE">Generali Foundation</a> in <a href="/facts/Vienna/NSpIURsA">Vienna</a>, the <a href="/facts/Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art/cPaCK0a2">Whitney Museum of American Art</a> in New York, and the <a href="/facts/Moderna_Museet/zsTHa7hg">Moderna Museet</a> in <a href="/facts/Stockholm/sD74W4Pm">Stockholm</a>. </p>