May 9, 2008
By Anna Brady Nuse in Move The Frame
In the dance blog world, Boris Willis is a bit of a rock star. He's been posting a dance video every day on his blog, dance-a-day.com since May 11, 2007 and now this Sunday he will make his final post. From parking lots to historical sites, from experiments with camera techniques to eery sound collaborations, Willis covers the entire range of styles, experiments, and types of improvisation one can do with dance and a camera....
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By Camille A. Brown in First Drop
So once again a process begins :) This time around I'm working on an all male piece. I'm not too sure where I'm going with this right now. I have 5 wonderful dancers: Juel D. Lane, Telly......
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By Doug Fox in Dancing into the Future
For readers who subscribe to my Dancing into the Future Blog, just a reminder that I'm now blogging on The Kinetic Interface. In this post, you'll find links to my stories for the past two weeks....
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By Doug Fox in The Kinetic Interface
I would like to encourage choreographers and dancers to create lecture-demonstration style videos for the Internet. There are literally thousands of topics that dancers can present in engaging video format that feature brief spoken explanations and dance demonstrations. In this post, I offer a possible example in the form of a dance video that explores the movements of a vertical-climbing robot that I wrote about yesterday....
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May 8, 2008
By Doug Fox in The Kinetic Interface
Capuchin, a new robot from Stanford University researchers, can scale cliffs and vertical surfaces on earth and other planets. How do dancers harness the weight-shifting movements of this robot, and what can they contribute to robotic movements and agility? A look at videos featuring Project Bandaloop and site-specific choreography from Noemie LaFrance....
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May 7, 2008
By Anna Brady Nuse in Move The Frame
There is something about the Madison, that grand-daddy of line dances, that has continually captured the cinematic fancy of great film directors. The most notable of these are Jean-Luc Godard who created a famous dance scene based on the Madison in his 1964 film Bande à Part, and John Waters who depicted the dance in a scene at the Corny Collins Record Hop in the original 1988 Hairspray. ...
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By Doug Fox in The Kinetic Interface
What is the source of swarm intelligence? How can decentralized systems with independent parts perform miraculous feats in unison? In this post, I start with videos of flying Starlings and waggle dancing bees, and then highlight some of the latest developments in swarm robotics including self-replicating systems. Also, I'm looking for dance videos that show how dancers have addressed these topics....
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May 6, 2008
By Doug Fox in The Kinetic Interface
Apple and Samsung have filed patents for a series of multi-touch gestures that control how we interact with computers, phones and mobile devices. What are the ramifications of having gestures patented? And will interface designers eventually patent full-body movements? And on another front, it would be interesting to explore how dancers could create new movement vocabularies for controlling the next generation of digital devices....
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May 5, 2008
By Anna Brady Nuse in Move The Frame
There is a lot going on this week that you should know about...First, you won't want to miss Kinetic Cinema tonight (5/5) curated by downtown dance fav Levi Gonzalez. Then, tomorrow night is Dance Film Lab at DTW, moderated by the wonderful Zach Morris of Third Rail Projects. And yesterday marked the beginning of the week-long Dance Movie Blogathon!...
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By Doug Fox in The Kinetic Interface
The number of art installations that rely upon the whole body for input and interaction continues to increase. In this post, I feature two examples (with videos) that highlight this trend: Shadow Monsters at the Design and Elastic Mind Exhibit at MoMA and the You Move You Interact Installation....
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May 2, 2008
By Jacob Peter Kovner in First Drop
At play throughout this whole process has been the idea of "the piece doing you". I have often experienced being in some sort of time hold when I am onstage. I feel like I have stepped into an alternate world that is choreographed, has no relationship to my own life, where choices have been pre-determined....
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May 1, 2008
By Doug Fox in The Kinetic Interface
How do we perceive people with physical and mental disabilities? How does dance portray those with non-"normal" bodies? How are recent advancements in assistive devices and prosthetics changing how we think about the possibilities of the human form? ... In this post, you'll find a video introduction to mixed-ability dance performances and competitions. Then, I focus on South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius who was barred from competing in this summer Olympics because of the "unfair advantage" his two artificial legs would give him. And I close with highlights of a versatile prosthetic arm that has been commissioned by the US Defense Department ... As we enter a post-human era where different types of physical and mental enhancements become commonplace, it will be fascinating to see how mixed-ability and other dance companies explore these challenging and complicated issues....
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April 30, 2008
By Doug Fox in The Kinetic Interface
Many intriguing developments are taking place in the hi-tech fashion and wearable clothing arena. In this post, I include videos that highlight the latest trends in digital and interactive fashions and point to blogs and other resources so that you can learn more about this topic. I hope this post serves as a helpful springboard for dancers looking to experiment with wearable clothing and accessories. And I would like to hear from dancers who have incorporated interactive fashions into their performances....
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By Jessy Smith in First Drop
Friday, april 25th, the POW Girlies and I hosted our first fund-raising event for the DTW project at Grand Space in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. It was a beautiful time playing BINGO and having fun with our extremely supportive friends! We......
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April 29, 2008
By Anna Brady Nuse in Move The Frame
On Monday May 5th at 7:30 pm, Kinetic Cinema will feature choreographer and dance artist, Levi Gonzalez. The theme of his evening will be experimentalism in dance and film. I'm delighted by his topic, and feel like it may be a good way to continue a debate on this blog several months ago, in which I railed against experimental dance artists dissing their audiences....
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