The first posting I placed here was about a dance & technology festival in Greece. Well, it's over now so I thought I'd better update the news. Here's a new event for you to rush and see. (Personally, I wish I was still living in New York City where I could see what's being done in the way of dance & technology there. But alas, I'm not anymore;(<P> TROIKA RANCH - NYC FALL SEASON <P> Dawn Stoppiello and Mark Coniglio <BR> Artistic Directors <P> September 6-9, 13-16, 2001 <P>Benefit Performance & Dance Party: September 8th <P> All Performances at 8PM <P> WAX (205 N. 7th St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn) <P>We invite you to join us for our two week long fall season here in <BR>New York. We have four new works to present: <P>Reine Rien (Premiere) places the audience in an ephemeral otherworld where four independent souls journey alone while unexpectedly creating a lush world of sound and image. The four performers directly create the sound score and manipulate video with their movement via sensors on their bodies. <P>Suite Devo (Work in Progress) - Troika Ranch gives their fierce/whimsical homage to the 80's New Wave techo-group Devo, including five songs such as "Jocko Homo", "Jerking Back and Forth", and "Through Being Cool". The dancers groove in front of a rapid <BR>fire, ever-changing background of imagery set to Artistic Director Mark Coniglio's arrangements of the Devo songs. The songs feature Victoria Macintosh, Mark's Powerbook G4 Computer on lead vocals. <P>Piso Mojado - In Artistic Director Dawn Stoppiello's new solo, we see a woman searching for stability in a world where her support (the floor, the earth, the present) feels fleeting, slippery, and dangerous. <P>Flowing Of Honey: two dancers shed technology and turn to text and movement to explore mortality when faced with a chronic illness. <P>------- <P>We'll be joined by our wonderful company of dancers, Danielle Goldman, Lisa Herlinger Thompson, Michou Szabo, Sandra Tillett, as <BR>well as special guest artists Anthony Gongora and Lisa Townsend. <P>The pertinent info regarding ticket prices and location can be found below. We hope that you will join us for this exciting new palette of works. <P>Ciao, <BR>Dawn Stoppielo & Mark Coniglio <BR>Artistic Directors <BR>Troika Ranch <P>------- <P>LOCATION: <P> Williamsburg Art Nexus (WAX) <BR> 205 N. 7th Street, between Driggs and Roebling <BR> Williamsburg, Brooklyn <BR> L train to Bedford, walk one block east on 7th Street. <BR> (just 6 minutes from Union Square) <P>TICKETS: <P>Tickets are $12 for the first week (Sep 6, 7, and 9) except for the night of the Benefit Performance / Dance Party, which is $30. <P>Tickets for the second week (Sep. 13-16) are $15. <P>RESERVATIONS: <BR>Please call 718.599.7997 <P>[This message has been edited by Jennifer (edited August 28, 2001).]<p>[This message has been edited by Jennifer (edited August 28, 2001).]

Thanks, Jennifer. Now, let's see... where's my passport?

For myself, I can never get enough of 'neologisms of corporeality'. Nevertheless, the conference will do well to top the treatment of this theme in 'Porky's III'.

Ha, ha, ha;-)

Oops, those last postings no longer make sense since I changed my opening...sorry folks <p>[This message has been edited by Jennifer (edited August 28, 2001).]

The other Dance & Technology thread has been closed in order to avoid further confusion!

Lauren Gallagher interviews Paul Kaiser who will speak at the San Francisco Exploratorium on technology in dance:

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And here are some other dicussion threads on a similar theme:

<a href=../../../ubb/Forum5/HTML/000127.html target=_blank>Merce Cunningham's Summerspace, Interscape & BIPED and Video Technology</a>
<a href=../../../ubb/Forum5/HTML/000268.html target=_blank>Liss Fain & related 'dance/tech'</a>

<a href=../../../ubb/Forum5/HTML/000374.html target=_blank>Company in Space Live Webcast</a>

<a href=../../../ubb/Forum5/HTML/000496.html target=_blank>Dance Construction Company's Aurora/2001</a>

<a href=../../../ubb/Forum5/HTML/000581.html target=_blank>Ann Marie DeAngelo - choreographer</a>

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Something related perhaps:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>SIGGRAPH And The Art Of Human Computer Interaction<P>Glen Helfand, SF Gate<P>Although I'd never been to it before, I pictured the SIGGRAPH conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques to be one of those insular affairs where academics and engineers gathered to share the results of their research and development in computer-based science and art -- a high brain-power affair, full of drably dressed people perusing computer manuals after sitting through lectures on adventures in programming.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><a href=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2001/08/21/siggraph.DTL target=_blank>More</a>

Wow...

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More on this unique adventure:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Santa Clara dancers to join Senegalese on Web<P>Alex Horvath, SF Chronicle<P>South Bay dancers will take part in a unique performance this weekend at the Tech Museum of Innovation. <P>The innovative Silicon Valley arts project will meld the talents of dance students from Santa Clara University and teenagers from across the world in Senegal using the Internet.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><a href=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/08/31/PN72369.DTL target=_blank>More</a>

Radical Low plays with video technology:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Blurs and Blots Joined in Sound and Motion<P>JACK ANDERSON, NY Times<P>Things kept moving in "Analog vs. Digital, for a free mind," the program that a mixed-media organization called Radical Low presented on Saturday night at the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio. But the most interesting movements were not those of dancers.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/12/arts/dance/12LOW.html target=_blank>More</a>

londondance.com has an article looking at some recent innovations in web-based dance technolgy.

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Looking back:<P><B>Turning Bits of Video Into Works of Art</B><BR>By Valerie Gladstone<P>After almost 30 years of editing films for the "Dance in America" series, Girish Bhargava is still pleased by his work. "Look at Ben Vereen's face," he said recently, as he watched Mr. Vereen dance to the poignant song "Mr. Bojangles" in the Broadway musical "Fosse," which will be broadcast on PBS stations on Wednesday, the latest installment in the series.<P>Mr. Bhargava is deservedly proud of his accomplishment. Before WNET started "Dance in America" in 1976, efforts to put dance on television had largely failed. To skeptics, the medium was wrong for dance: George Balanchine said it made dancers look like ants. But Merrill Brockway and Emile Ardolino, the original directors of the series, argued that better direction and editing would solve the problems.<P><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/20/arts/dance/20GLAD.html" TARGET=_blank><B>click for more</B></A><P>

I received this in the e-mail:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>The Third Yacov's Summer Institute of Technology Workshop/Laboratory <BR>"The Automated Body"<P>Where: Austin Texas <BR>Location: Yacov's Yafa Me-od Lab <BR>When: Monday June 10- Friday June 28, 2002. <BR>Fee: $1250 <P>Please note, only five attendees will be accepted. Acceptance is based on an phone or e-mail interview that I will personally conduct.<P>Please provide e-mail and voice mail information.<P>Each member will be provided with individual supervision for a minimum of four hours daily, four additional hours will be made <BR>available for training and assignments.<P>Members will be provided with top of the line, fully loaded workstation (G4). All the required software for the workshop will be provided.<BR> <BR>A special section of the workshop/laboratory will be devoted to wearable computers. Three different wearable suite will be introduced <BR>followed by demonstrations and lectures. <P>Course Objectives and Content: <BR>The bulk of the workshop will be devoted to providing attendees with hands-on experience, how to do, and how to make work, how to begin creating a computerized theatrical framework that is technologically <BR>supported, progressing through a step-by-step process, assuring a high level of understanding of all the complexities and issues related to the use of these technologies in performance. Attendees <BR>will meet with additional experts from the field as needed.<P>You will learn/explore the following: <BR>concepts of Virtual reality and Cyberspace <BR>notions and concepts of interactive technologies.<P>- electronic dance surfaces <BR>- "softVNS" <BR>- intro to various sensory elements and their potential use, making customized interactive elements of your choice "cyberPRINT" <BR>- "Electronic Sensory Wearables" and the "Wearable Computer" <BR>- notions of 3D rendering processes and texture mapping techniques as effective companions to material created on the computer with various applications and programs<BR>- video captures, video editing, and output to video projections<BR>- final cut editing techniques <BR>- create a computerized environment that will facilitate interaction between several applications in order to create a 3D world. The world will include both CyberHumans as well as theatrical cyber-props. <BR>- how to create and combine Flash 5.0 images, Life Forms 3.9, Poser 4.0, Painter 5.0 and PhotoShop 6.0 Images and dynamically transport them to Quick Time Movies and other related applications. <P>The following are the software applications that you will learn about during the workshop: <BR>- 3D Studio Max 4.0 (pc platform) <BR>- Adobe After Effects 5.0 <BR>- Fire-wire-video input and video output <BR>- Final Cut Pro 3.0 editing software<BR>- Quick Time <BR>- Flash5 and virtual 3D <BR>- Painter 3D and Painter 5.0 <BR>- PhotoShop 6.0 <BR>- Poser 4.0 + Poser Pro-Pack <BR>- Life forms 3.9 <P>Conclusion: <BR>At the conclusion of the three-week workshop, participants will demonstrate a greater understanding of issues directly related to the creation of a totally mounted computerized (or virtual) performance <BR>environment. In addition participants will acquire the technological tools that will enable them to think of the computer as a performance environment, as an interactive world, and or your personal alternative theatrical performance space<BR> <BR>Only the most committed individuals that are seriously interested in the intense learning of the technology should apply.<BR> <BR>If you have any additional questions about the workshop, please connect with me directly. <BR>e-mail-sharir@utxsvs.cc.utexas.edu <BR>Office phone (512) 232 5333<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The Merce Cunningham Dance Company are at The Barbican Theatre in London this week and are in residence at The Place next week as part of the Dance Umbrella 2002 festival.

The Company are premiering "Fluid Canvas", another Cunningham work using digital technology.

We already have a wealth of material assembled in our Dance Umbrella 2002 forum and we'd be delighted if you wanted to add your own comments about Merce, his use of , his wonderful dancers, his collaborators including the digital technology team.

Please join us for Merce Cunningham in London and continue the discussion about his work there.

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