Sparked
a lovely short film by Cirque du Soleil, ETH Zurich & Verity Studios, featuring finely choreographed flying robot lampshades. no wires, no CGI, just a bunch of drones in disguise working together with a human. behind the scenes:
Glasser – Design
some nice understated choreography in this video by Glasser. Directed by Jonathan Turner. notes on the video concept by Cameron Mesirew:
the safety dance
the city of Lisbon recently hosted this great dance intervention, produced by Smart (the little cars) and created for ad agency BBDO by Lukas Liske, Daniel Schweinzer and Marten Persiel.
Presence
Presence is a lovely dance film made by Matt Pyke, choreographed by Benjamin Millepied, sound by Simon Pyke, motion-captured dancers: Nathan Makolandra and Julia Eichten. Universal Everything, along with TeamLAB and Marshmallow Laser Feast, seem to be making some of the most exciting work around at the moment. I guess the strength lies in the collective…
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Balance From Within
Jacob Tonski – Balance From Within is an old sofa that balances one one leg.
75 Watt
Revital Cohen and Tuur Van Balen have created a project in collaboration with choreographer Alexander Whitley. 75 Watt is the documentation of a production line that is building a useless product. the product has been designed specifically so that its process of manufacture contains a variety of choreographic expressions. this is a great example of…
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Reactor for Awareness in Movement
RAM is a great system for connecting dancers and computers – opens up many possibilities. and its available for download. i’m currently developing an idea for a digital feedback system with one organic element – the dancer, and this – although completely different – is really inspirational. UPDATE: in December 2015, I travelled to Japan…
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pocket microwave transmitters
in about 1999, i got a mobile phone. i was working as technical manager for a touring theatre company at the time, and needed one to stay in touch with base when on the road. i was working pretty long days in pretty long weeks away from home and i got into the habit of…
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choros
a deep and lovely film by American film-maker Michael Langan
Dimitris Papaioannou
Dimitris Papaioannou is a Greek performer/visual artist/choreographer/director (he made the opening ceremony for the Olympics in Athens in 2004) this video is a selection of scenes from some of his projects over the last 10 years, showing plenty of overdesigned sets populated by naked dancers, some football and Dimitris himself sporting an excellent moustache. in…
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