April 21, 2008

Welcome to The Kinetic Interface Blog!

I'm delighted to launch The Kinetic Interface blog!

In September 2005, I started the Great Dance blog (now it is called Dancing into the Future). The primary focus of this earlier blog was to encourage dancers and dance companies to embrace the Internet, blogs, videos and related tools in order to enhance their marketing, community-building, revenue generation and creative possibilities. These developments have largely taken place, and I'm delighted that I've played a role in conjunction with many others in educating dancers about the advantages and possibilities of the online world.

Now it's time to move in new directions:

The Kinetic Interface blog on Great Dance starts with the premise that by focusing on the body and movement we can better understand, engage with, and contribute to many of the technological and scientific changes that are reshaping our daily lives.

What I've found fascinating and a bit stunning after about two to three months of research is the extent to which the body, movement, gesture and motion are at the heart of many recent developments in science and technology.

As a starting point, I'd like to encourage readers to visit the Movement Is at the Heart of Scientific and Technological Change background page. Here you will find 16 videos (plus links to more videos) that show in very concrete terms how new computer interfaces and digital devices being used in a range of fields are, in essence, body-centric and movement-centric.

This focus on what is essentially the livelihood of choreographers and dancers (the creative exploration of movement) has some very important and beneficial ramifications for the dance community. I describe these opportunities in the About Page for The Kinetic Interface blog. And I'll recap these new possibilities here:

• New consulting opportunities for dancers
• Expanded audiences for dance
• Integration of dance and movement into many disciplines outside of the arts, and
• New online and offline revenue for dancers

Much more to come as I continue to provide background about my new blog over the coming days.

In the meantime, please feel free to email me with questions and feedback.

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