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Eight chapters are starred ** because they were of particular significance in the evolution of the research.
Title Page, Abstract and Contents
Acknowledgements and Author's declaration
Critical Appraisal (Introduction)
Contents
CH. 1 (198 kb)'Virtual Ephemerality: the art of digital dancing'. This is the pre-translation version. The published version appeared as: 'virtualna efemernost: emetnost digitalnega plesa' in Maska: Uzitek avtomata, May 1999, pp. 45-49. (See Appendix pp 371-375)
CH. 2 (219 kb) 'Choreography from Bits and Bytes: Motion Capture, Animation and Software for Making Dances'. This is the pre-translation version. The published version appeared as: 'Coreografie in Bit e Byte: Motion Capture, Animazione e Software per la Danza' in La scena digitale: Nuovi media per la danza. eds. A. Menicacci & E. Quinz. Milano: Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore. 2001, pp. 83-100. (See Appendix pp. 377-398)
CH. 3 (100 mb) 'Hot Wired Live Art: observations, reflections and interviews' in 3T: Norwegian Theatre Journal. Spring 2000, pp. 6-17.
CH. 4 (38 mb) 'Virtual Reality and Performance' in Performing Arts Journal. 24:1. 2002, pp. 105-114.
CH. 5 (19 mb) 'Ballet Moves from Dance Bar to the Smart Dance Studio' in METATAG, ed. L. Haskel, Amsterdam: BIS. June 2001, pp. 79-81.
CH. 6 (15 mb) 'Armando Menicacci and Emanuele Quinz: interview with Scott deLahunta' in Anomalie digital_arts #2: Digital Performance. ed. E.Quinz. Paris: Anomalie. January 2002, pp. 83-84 (a selection Of two pages only).
**CH. 7 (41 mb) 'Software for Dancers: Coding Forms' in On Translations:Performance Research. 7:2 2002, pp. 96-102.
CH. 8 (37 mb) 'Periodic Convergences: Dance and Computers' in Tanz und Technologie: Dance and Technology. eds. Dr. S. Dinkla & Dr. M. Leeker. Berlin: Alexander Verlag. 2002, pp. 66-84.
**CH. 9 (38 mb) 'Open Source Choreography?' in Code: The Language of Our Time. Katalog zur Ars Electronica 2003. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz. 2003, pp. 304-310.
CH. 10 (31 mb) 'The Finished Middle: a Hot Wired Live Art conversation about collaboration, prototypes, tools as art and rules of engagement' in A Guide to Good Practice in Collaborative Working Methods and New Media Tools Creation. eds. L. Goodman & K. Milton. London: Office for Humanities Communication Publication 18. October 2005, pp. 105-113.
CH. 11 (26 mb) 'Permuting Connections: Software for Dancers' in Sound Unbound - an anthology on Sound Art, Digital Media and new Compositional Strategy. ed. P. D. Miller. Cambridge: MIT Press. 2008, pp. 265-272.
CH. 12 (62 mb) 'Isadora: an interview with artist/ programmer Mark Coniglio' in International Journal of Performance and Digital Media. 1:1. 2005, pp. 31-46.
CH. 13 (50 mb) 'The Dimensions of Data Space' in Anomalie digital_arts #3: Interfaces:Theories & Applications. ed. E. Quinz. Paris: Anomalie. February 2003, pp. 72-79.
CH. 14 (34 mb) 'Sightseeing on digital pathways' in Pulse: South Asian Dance in the UK. Spring 2003, pp. 6-9.
CH. 15 (17 mb) 'Choreography and Cognition: A joint research project' in Art and Science: Proceedings of the XVIII Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics. eds. J. P. Frois, P. Andrade & J. F. Marques. Lisbon: IAEA2004. 2004, pp. 169-173.
**CH. 16 (25 mb) 'Transactables' (co-authors Wayne McGregor & Alan Blackwell). in On The Page: Performance Research. 9:2. 2004, pp. 67-72.
CH. 17 (181 kb) 'Separate Spaces: some cognitive dimensions of movement'. This is the pre-translation version. The published version appeared as: 'Espaces distincts: quelques dimensions cognitives du mouvement' in Scientifiquement danse: Quand la danse puise aux sciences et reciproquement: Nouvelles de Danse. Bruxelles: Contredanse, No.53. 2006, pp. 150-162. (See Appendix pp 399-412)
**CH. 18 (176 kb) 'The Human Walking Apparatus: a technological episteme'. This is the pre-translation version. The published version appeared as: 'L'Appareil de Locomotion: une Episteme Technologique' in Interagir: avec les technologies numeriques: Nouvelles de Danse. Bruxelles: Contredanse. No. 52. 2004, pp. 36-49. (See Appendix pp. 413-426)
CH. 19 (34 mb) 'Blurring the Boundaries: interactions between choreography, dance and new media technologie' in Interface Cultures: Artistic Aspects on Interaction. eds. C. Sommerer, L. Mignonneau, D. Gestrich. Bielefeld: transcript. 2008, pp. 225-235.
CH. 20 (50 mb) 'What's in a Phrase?' (co-author Phil Barnard) in Tanz im Kopf: Dance and Cognition. eds. J. Birringer & J. Fenger. Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft fur Tanzforschung 15. Munster: LIT Verlag. 2005, pp.253-66.
**CH. 21 (34 mb) 'Densities of Agreement' (co-authors Phil Barnard, Ian Nimmo- Smith, Jennifer Potts & Cristina Ramponi) in Dance Theatre Journal. 21:3. 2006, pp. 17-23.
**CH. 22 (15 mb) 'Moving Ideas: questions for the dancing mind' in ballettanz. October 2005, pp. 20-23.
CH. 23 (6.2 mb) 'Willing conversations: the process of being between' in Leonardo. 39:5. 2006, pp. 479-481.
CH. 24 (8.2 mb) 'Sharing Questions of Movement' in De theatermaker als onderzoeker: Theater Topics II. eds. M. Bleeker, L. Heeteren, C. Kattenbelt & K. Vuyk. Amsterdam University Press. 2006, pp. 182-186.
**CH. 25 (65 mb) 'Sharing Descriptions of Movement' (co-author Frederic Bevilacqua) in International Journal of Performance and Digital Media. 3:1. 2007, pp. 3-16.
CH. 26 (168 kb) 'Dance (in the presence and absence of) Technology'. This is the pre-translation version. The published version appeared as: 'Danza y Technologia' in En moviment. Barcelona: Theatre Institute Mercat de les Flors. October 2006, pp. 16-17. (See Appendix pp. 427-428)
**CH. 27 (68 mb) 'Constructing Memory: creation of the choreographic resource' (co- author Norah Zuniga Shaw). in Digital Resources: Performance Research. 11:4. 2007, pp. 53-62.
CH. 28 (21 mb) 'Day of the Figurines with Blast Theory' in Digital Resources: Performance Research. 11:4. 2007, pp. 148-151.
CH. 29 (61 mb) 'Choreographing Cycling Anims' in SwanQuake. The User Manual. ed. S. deLahunta. Plymouth: Liquid Press/i-DAT. 2008, pp. 17-26.
CH. 30 (20 mb) 'Introduction: The Body has to be Clear and the Words have to be Right'. in Capturing Intention: documentation, analysis and notation research based on the work of Emio Greco | PC. ed. S. deLahunta. Amsterdam: Emio Greco | PC and Amsterdam School of the Arts. October 2007. pp. 4-9.
Appendix Non-English publications (203 mb)
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