Posted by admin on March 8th, 2010 in Press
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EMPAC DANCE MOVIES COMMSSION 2010-2011: OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Troy, NY – In April, while artists propose new works to be made for this round of the DANCE MOViES Commission, the five projects currently in progress will be finishing up post-production for a premiere at EMPAC in the fall. Projects from past years continue to tour to festivals and film venues around the world.
EMPAC (the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) is now accepting proposals for its 2010-2011 DANCE MOViES Commissions. The deadline for the proposals is April 15, 2010. This year, selected artists will receive awards ranging up to $30,000.
In addition to the funding, artists can also apply to create their works in conjunction with the Artist-in-Residence program at EMPAC. Works commissioned may take advantage of EMPAC’s spaces and technology, using infrastructure such as computer-controlled rigging or large-scale immersive studio environments.
As the first major US-based commissioning program available to dance-film artists in the Americas, the DANCE MOViES Commission represents an important opportunity for those working at the intersection of the moving body and the moving image. The commission has funded thirteen projects in the last four years, with four of them also winning residencies at EMPAC.
Commissioned works range from a finger puppet musical to a poetic film based on the autobiographical account of a US-based African choreographer returning to dance in Zimbabwe; a piece in which a contemporary Russian dancer is viewed in the aesthetic context of post-Soviet surveillance to a film were three street kids in the streets of Rio seem to juggle air; and an installation created through 3D laser scanning to another installation where multiple video screens installed side by side layer film samples and a dancer’s gestures to create counterpoints of movement and image. More information on these works and other DANCE MOViES Commission recipients can be found on the EMPAC website. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Megan on March 8th, 2010 in Press
“But Blocks of Continuality feels not only like a retread but several retreads run together–the geeky computerized command base set-up; the almost ritualistic “calibration” of equipment and NASA-like checking in and launching; the live movement determining what the techno-toys do, and vice versa.” - Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Infinite Body Blog READ MORE
“Once we enter the land of virtual bodies, I can feel both my desire to understand the interactive system’s rules and my engagement with the work as a performance wane substantially. I start thinking about Philip Auslander’s arguments about “Liveness.” What is the value of live performance in a world dominated by mass media? What is the value of live performance when the product is a 3D image projected onto a 2D surface? In an age when the audience/participant divide continues to disappear and we culturally have become increasingly more willing to author our own scripts and direct our own experiences in virtual landscapes (I mean, back when I had a Second Life, my avatar could fly to see the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling), what is the ultimate value of my body’s presence in the theater for this?” - Maura Donohue, Culturebot READ MORE
“The concept for Blocks was ambitious, but the layout of the piece and the program notes were overwhelming, and the process that was shared with the audience was incoherent. koosil-ja’s fascination with integrating media and movement is admirable, but the result was not reflective of technology’s intricacies and advances.” - Evan Namerow, Dancing Perfectly Free READ MORE
Posted by Megan on March 5th, 2010 in Press
“Seeing PARK (still in progress) at Dance Theater Workshop’s 3rd floor studio on February 18, I was acutely aware from the start that I was witnessing bodies deforming themselves through movement techniques. These deformations occurred during Abby Block’s parts, whereby she would thrust and gyrate her pelvis violently with her back towards the audience. …” READ MORE
Posted by Megan on March 5th, 2010 in Interviews, Media
Marlon Barrios-Solano and Koosil-ja talk about her work, process, and philosphies.
WATCH AND LISTEN HERE
Posted by Megan on March 4th, 2010 in Media
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Posted by Megan on March 4th, 2010 in Press
“Koosil-ja is most interested in how the approach, which she first experienced while working with the Wooster Group, removes as many references from the body as possible. From the outside the method desexualizes the body. In the final meditative solo Ms. Guerrero begins to mumble directions to herself like, “Leg to the front and side.” Eventually her body grows still, though there remains imperceptible movement. It’s as if beneath the surface of her skin, her muscles and tendons refuse to stop dancing.” - Gia Kourlas, New York Times
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Posted by admin on March 4th, 2010 in Podcast
A pre-show discussion of koosil-ja/danceKUMIKO’s Blocks of Continuality/Body, Image and Algorithm moderated by Geoff Matters.
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Moderator Bio:
Geoff Matters uses his own software “GDAM,” along with innovative homemade and repurposed physical controllers in live and interactive music performances, under his real Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Megan on March 4th, 2010 in Media, Press
Posted by admin on March 4th, 2010 in Press
This week at Danspace Project:
PLATFORM 2010: Back to New York City
Shelley Senter and David Thomson
A shared evening of new work
March 4-6, 2010 • [Thu-Sat] • 8:00 PM
Admission: $18 ($12 for members)
grey matter
In grey matter, Shelley Senter examines influence, history, visibility, authorship and ownership in collaboration with sound scores by Andrew Wass, and LOWER LEFT and NON FICTION collective members Nina Martin, Margaret Paek, Rebecca Bryant, Kelly Dalrymple-Wass and Andrew Wass.
1959
In 1959, his first Danspace Project commission, David Thomson explores the notions of erasure and overlay from the intersection of coexisting narratives of body and text. Commissioned writers Onomé Ekeh, Glenn Ligon, Clarinda Mac Low, and Pamela Sneed construct diverse language inspired by events from 1959 to form the spoken terrain. Collaborating with the actress Sarena Kennedy and dancer Omagbitse Omagbemi, Thomson creates a trio of separate realities, placed and yet displaced within each other”s parallel landscape.
Visit Danspace Project’s website for more information.
Posted by Megan on March 3rd, 2010 in Editorial
Dance Theater Workshop is glad to announce that the Guest Artist Series is now on sale!
Get your tickets now for ZviDance, American Tap Dance Foundation, SITI Company, TAKE Dance, Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre, Ellen Robbins, 360° Dance Company, johannes wieland, WDA Global Dance Event, and Wendy Jehlen/ANIKAI Dance!
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