September 2008
17 posts
Your chance is not the same as mine, is it?
If I make a throw of the dice, it will never be the same as your throw. And so an act like throwing dice is a marvelous expression of your subconscious.
“Students will start concentrating on mastering the movement itself, not on...”
– The OpenEnded Group - Frequently Pondered Questions
Cunningham says that it must be visual: dancers...
I wonder whether it shouldn’t also be creative. That is, can’t dance notation be as powerful as music notation, which not only lets a musician play, but also lets a composer compose?
WatchThe OpenEnded Group - Ghostcatching / 1999
“he let his chance operations combine the movements of Jeannie Steele and Jarrod...”
– The OpenEnded Group - Frequently Pondered Questions
“Here, the body of Bill T. Jones is multiplied into many dancers, who perform as...”
– The OpenEnded Group - Ghostcatching / 1999
“Isn’t it now close to timeless, the very opposite of real performance, whose...”
– The OpenEnded Group - Frequently Pondered Questions
The digital double.
As the digital double attempts to represent the realistic appearance of its source, there will be obvious inadequacies which will accentuate the use of technology.
“Doesn’t what you leave out of a picture show as much as what you put in?”
– The OpenEnded Group - Frequently Pondered Questions
“The digital double falls well short of the real thing, making us most aware of...”
– The OpenEnded Group - Frequently Pondered Questions
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“Do the virtuoso performers on stage distract us from a more ineffable beauty...”
– The OpenEnded Group - Frequently Pondered Questions
“Thoroughly stripped away are the dancers’ stage presences: their physical beauty...”
– The OpenEnded Group - Frequently Pondered Questions
Right away we lose all vision of muscle and flesh....
Motion capture in interactive performance accentuates a particular characteristic of the dance while simultaneously influencing it. We might at some point have a performance where all components of the dance - muscle, flesh, facial expression - are represented and abstracted to bring about a completely new interpretation of the dancer’s performance. At the same time, with the timeless and...
We can never turn back the clock.
So isn’t it just as likely we’ll be seeing these unadorned dances with new eyes, new ideas, and new questions?
“The more we embellish dance with technology, the more we’ll start longing to see...”
– The OpenEnded Group - Frequently Pondered Questions
“everyone here is really christian, and really into steak. i want a salad and...”
– maia enjoys the extended family. (via idance)