March 22, 2006

News Stories for March 22, 2006

- "Heinz Poll Revisited: Dance master’s input helps Verb Ballet revive two works" in Free Times - When is the dance world going to figure out a relatively easy and inexpensive way to do multi-camera shoots of performances (stage or studio) and save/edit the video in such a way that the performances can be re-staged by future choreographers and dancers? While dance notation systems are too cumbersome, there must be a way to convert video into Matrix like 360-degree shots that won't break the bank.

- Huggable shirts transmit caresses at a distance. I think that this technology is phenomenal. The F+R Hugs project is the work of interaction design company CuteCircuit. Two people wear a Hug shirt, each of which is embedded with sensors and connected to a cell phone via Bluetooth. One person hugs themselves/touches their body and these physical sensations are transmitted over a cell phone to the other person wearing a Hug shirt. The Hug shirt of the second person than re-creates the physical sensations of the distant hugs. Some imaginative possibilities for additional layers of interaction amongst dancers and, for that matter, with the audience. (via We Make Money Not Art).

- "Dance is filled with a variety of personalities!" in Diary of a Dance Mom - Many types of guys waiting in line for dance auditions. Dance Mom tells you who they are.

- Riya's face identification photo application is now in beta. This new photo upload and management site offers intriguing possibilities for dance. Imagine that you can do a picture search and find all photos in which a specific dancer is included. (via TechCrunch).

- Soundbeam has a good video clip of how its sensor system can be used by dancers to create real-time sounds and visual effects in a dance performance.

- The Trocks: Classic Ballet in Drag in Reuters - Short video clip about 31-year old Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo - you first have to watch video ad.

- "Get Down with the People" in Micro Persuasion - I like this post by marketing blogger Steve Rubel. He talks about the rise of "mecosystems" whereby consumers are creating their own solar systems that revolve around themselves. I'll write soon about how the emerging "engagement" marketing strategy, which springs from the rise of "mecosystems," may impact dance and other performing arts. If this paragraph sounds like frontier gibberish, to quote Mel Brooks, I promise to clear this all up soon. But in the meantime, here's an example to wet your appetite. Smart Square (a Wendy's hamburger) has almost 100,000 friends on MySpace.com. Do you want to have a relationship with a burger?

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