Supported by an NEA Arts Work grant, The Center for Ballet and The Arts, The Movement Lab at Barnard College.

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RESEARCH, IMPROVISATION

A visual framework for examining body-space interactions.

We used projected light and generative geometries to create shifting boundaries of light and dark that accentuates spatial arrangements.

Animating space in this way also has the effect of conferring agency on a typically static component of choreography, giving it the appearance of acting as a conscious interlocutor of the dance. 

As such, the way we interact with the framework is always improvisatory. The algorithm continuously generates new sequences and we respond in real-time. Nothing is predetermined.

Amidst this constantly evolving landscape, we look for moments of convergence.

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Photo courtesy of Joe Carotta and The NYU Center for Ballet and The Arts.

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In June 2022, we invited 4 choreographers for a week-long intensive in the Media Commons at 370 Jay. Below are select improvisation sessions with two of the forms: Triptych and Game of Life. Participants included: Jon Kinzel, Pam Pietro, Alexx Shilling and Donald Shorter.