Artists collaborating on a performance from different locales is nothing new. It allows almost instant communication. A Summer Intensive Workshop in Performance Telematics will have the opportunity to work on the Intelligent Stage and at the Dance Studio Theater in the Herberger College of Fine Arts at Arizona State University. These two spaces are linked using I2, which allows for virtual partnering across the two spaces and simultaneous webcast of the rehearsal process and performances. Artists can help shape this technology, especially in the formative stages, by pushing the boundaries and utilizing I2 in creative ways.
Dance is very demanding of video streaming technology.
The possibilities for developing new audiences, sharing of movement information across campuses, and providing for a new type of creative, distance collaboration are very real if we make the technology work. Participants will explore performance, choreography and video on the interactive stages. Through their work with internationally known choreographers, artists and media designers, participants will explore the possibilities of creating performances for two sites linked by video, sound and data. Participants will explore media and sound design using the interactive environments of the Intelligent Stage and the Dance Studio Theatre. Working with media designers and artists, they will learn how to use high-speed Internet to create virtual performances, combining performers from two different spaces.