Douglas Becker

He toured extensively with the company, performing with guest artists Rudolf Nureyev and Erik Bruhn.

While in the Frankfurt Ballet, Becker appeared in many works created by Forsythe, including: LDC, Artifact (I, II, III, IV), France/Dance, Steptext, Behind The China Dogs, Big White Baby Dog, Die Befragung des Robert Scott, Enemy in the Figure, Herman Schmerman, Impressing the Czar, In the Middle Somewhat Elevated, Isabelle's Dance, Limbs Theorem, Love Songs, New Sleep, Same Old Story, Say Bye Bye, Skinny, Slingerland, Steptext, The Loss of Small Detail, The Second Detail, and The Vile Parody of Address.

Of these works, he has since reconstructed Steptext,[1] Artifact II, New Sleep Full length and pas de deux, The Vile Parody of Address, and Die Befragung des Robert Scott.

At Frankfurt he also worked with Amanda Miller, Stephen Petronio, Susan Marshall and Jan Fabre.

Between 2007 and 2011, Becker founded and curated the Hollins University/American Dance Festival Masters of Fine Arts international extended studies program, under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield.