Dance Presentation
Transcript: Absence/Presence by Ann Dils A Little Technology Is a Dangerous Thing By: Richard Provall •Dance educators and performers are hesitant to use technology to express dance •By using technology there is a greater chance of making dance more expressive, thus opening more doors to new opportunities by Lisa Marie Naugle Difference between virtual and real dances Virtual dances are often transparent, you can see through their bodies and see the three-dimensional look at their movement Capture & Swagger Further On... RoseLee Goldberg discusses “Ghostcatching” as…disciplined choreographic premise: strip the body of connotations-political, psychological, racial, even sexual-and concentrate on pure movement as the sole design for dance The fluid transformations of his movement life, and stimulated by the visual and aural elements of the piece exercise powers of association and memory Technology Demands... Abstract Dance Incorporating Technology Discussion Conclusion "Perhaps" movement phantoms Embodiments of Jones’s movements Done in still images, videotape, and sound Three-dimensional depiction of movement Technique/Technology/Technique GhostCatching Resources Both Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar preserve and represent movement quality through their use of color and line The sensors record the motion of finite number of points, not really the whole body, so some of the body is lost “Ghostcatching” influences dance documentation, to preserve the work of dancers and choreographs who are HIV positive or lost to AIDS Figures, Portraits, and Movements One hand, virtual dance opens the possibilities of the dance field to news kinds of collaborations and new ways to envision dance Other hand, we buy into a world where dance will have an uncomfortable home Free form restrictions of race, sex, physical condition, but lose the richness of physical difference as well Dance technique is also a technology. A few techniques are: A dancer's skills Use of technique as a tool to carry put specific actions and performance aspects As a means of expression Underground Info Motion capture: the latest technological advancement “Fix our shadows Forever” Records the generic actions of generic movers i.e Animates Characters for Video Games and movies “Ghostcatching” is valuable as an opportunity to think about dance in the virtual world “Ghostcatching” takes this a step further by letting us see human movement on other-than-human bodies By comparing dancing in the virtual world to real-world dance experiences-a process that seems part of watching all virtual dance, we learn more about virtual space Explanation Formation Preservation project The Dance Motion Capture Program, sponsored by the The Estate Project Preserves and digitally presents the work of visual artists with AIDS Serve as blueprints for dance reconstruction, a virtual dance life after death 1.) Can you think of a way that technology has further inhansed dance as an art form? 2.) Now that we know visual performances such as "Ghsotcatching", and "Still/Here" exist, do you beleive that all dances will become a virutal dance? Or will the visual role of dance only serve as an opportunity for the culture of dance to grow? Dancing in the virtual world increases our need for education, connection, and money In the virtual world our abilities to express ourselves lie not in our bodies but in our access to and facility with technology In the virtual world, kinesthetic feeling is less important than visual impact 1st clip, elegant figure, light blue and white lines 2nd clip, the camera pans through a maze of multicolored vapor trails to catch a nervous figure made of white lines Perspectives of the People Intergral Role Of Technology In “Ghostcatching” the rules of gravity are suspended “Ghostcatching” is an exposition of drawing set in motion Life-sized, sexless, virtual dancers Nervous figure- white, jagged lines, and that the smoother movement is done by blue figures made of more fluid lines Iconic Figures Cont. Absence is important in both dances Still/Here is haunting because although the piece presents people who are very much alive, fighting, and hopeful, some of these very alive people may have already passed away, while the others face painful futures Mentally walk through our lives, picturing even our deaths Difference Still/Here •technology can be compared to dance in a sense that both computers and bodies are “wired” and “connected” •cyborgology helps explain the relationship between dance and technology technology can be a medium of exchange of knowledge and beliefs by people of different cultures. Same can be said about dance as an art form - - Artists have been the creators of new technologies - Technology is dangerous - Avoid discussing its prevalence in dance - Using Technology as a creative partner and an interactive element - The coupling of performance and environment - Integral Relationship with the performer and elements of performance Kaiser & His Work Formed by
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