March 27, 2007

Chunky Move's "Glow"

Australian-based dance company Chunky Move just wrapped-up its performances of "Glow" at the Sydney Opera House.

"Glow," a solo work choreographed by Artistic Director Gideon Obarzanek, incorporates a real-time video landscape generated via motion tracking technology and designed by interactive software engineer Frieder Weiss. Performances alternate between dancers Kristy Ayre and Sara Black.

You can visit the following page on Weiss' site to watch extended excerpts from "Glow." (You have to click on the link for the "Glow" performance underneath the video player). Here's a screen shot from the video:

From Weiss' home page, you can watch more videos of his work. These are among the better dance and technology videos that I've seen.

"Glow" Reviews

Blog write-ups:

- Jhuny the Boy in "Possessed by Technology."

- Chris Boyd reviews "Glow" in his "The Morning After: Performing arts in Australia" blog. (I'm confused by when he saw this performance.)

- David Williams writes review in "The dance of the screen savers...."

Newspaper reviews:

- "Moving to the algo-rhythm" in The Sydney Morning Herald.

- Article from Sydney Stage - this can't really be a review - it's a bit over the top with its praise.

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