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A Writing Research Associates research project SOFTWARE FOR DANCERS 24 September to 6 October 2001 In collaboration with the Arts Council of England, Sadler's Wells Theatre and Random Dance Company with primary funding from the Dance Department, Arts Council of England |
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project description [ONE] |
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participants [TWO] |
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research days [THREE] |
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focus days [FOUR] |
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roundtable [FIVE] |
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public seminar [SIX] |
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real time documentation [SEVEN] |
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writings/ references [EIGHT] |
FOUR: focus days
These Focus Days are scheduled for 4 and 5 October 2001 and will involve representatives of four diverse software development projects (Emergent Moves, Isadora, ChoreoGraph, Igloo Performance Tools) [see short descriptions below]) who have been invited to engage in an exchange of information and ideas related to creating software tools for choreographers and other artists for whom movement, time and space are essential to their creative practice.
The aims and objectives of the Focus Days will be related to those of the research days, but will be reformulated and include topics ranging across aesthetic, applicable, practical and sustainable aspects of software development in relationship to choreography and live performance practices to include issues related to Open Source software practices.
(There are no more invitations being extended for this event, but the Public Seminar on Saturday will be an opportunity for others to learn about the software that is demonstrated and discussed here.)
BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS: four software projects
EMERGENT MOVES (Software for Dancers)
Please see basic description.
ISADORA (Troika Ranch)
A new interface that enables dancers to work directly with digital media synthesis (video, sound, text and graphics) via an easy to use / voice recognition interface. This software is designed and written by Mark Coniglio (composer/ programmer) and Dawn Stoppiello (choreographer) of Troika Ranch, a New York City based performance company.
CHOREOGRAPH (Barriedale Operahouse)
ChoreoGraph is described as a software tool that "supports rule-based, non-linear creative processes". The aim of the initial programming has been to develop the algorithms to generate complex instruction sets for dancers to follow in realtime using a cuing system. This version of the software is being developed in conjunction with the choreographing of a duet that will be based on the ChoreoGraph system. This work has been commissioned by Ballet Frankfurt and will be premiered in Spring 2002.
PERFORMANCE TOOLS (Igloo)
Igloo, a London-based performance and technology company, creates and develops their own small scale, re-useable software tools for particular performances.
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