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Marci Alboher wrote an article today in the Business Section of the New York Times in which she featured Misnomer Dance for its’ flexible workspace and online innovations:
Her article included a photo of Misnomer’s office in the Times:
Using her article as inspiration, we decided to give everyone a tour of Misnomer’ home office with a video we edited which the Times linked on their blog:
The Business Section of the NY Times is a section where dance seldom goes. We are glad to be able to outreach to wide sections of society and hope this turns some new eyes to dance!
If you’re going to be anywhere near Martha’s Vineyard, make sure to drop us a line. We’ll be in the area through the month of July on a residency choreographing a new dance. Our performances at The Yard will take place on July 26, 27 & 28, and we will teach classes and work with the community throughout the month. The weblink is: http://www.dancetheyard.org/
From their site:
The Yard is known as a beacon of support for the art of choreography. In its 34 years of existence, more than 650 choreographers, dancers, composers, and designers have collaborated on more than 200 original works at The Yard.
Keep checking back on the blog - we’ll be posting pictures, videos, and words throughout the Summer!
This summer, we’re going places - literally! As part of a 6 week residency program, we’ll be putting together workshops, shows, and other events. Don’t miss us this July.
Misnomer is in residence at Summer Stages Dance as the first time winner of the Summer Stages Dance/Baryshnikov Arts Center Artist Residency Project.
As part of the residency, we will be teaching workshops, performing, rehearsing and developing our presenter partnership. You can see us perform live on July 12 or catch some of the show here, online.
In July and August, we will be in Concord, MA (as well as Martha’s Vineyard at The Yard) developing new work. As the second part of the Summer Stages residency, we will be working at the Baryshnikov Arts Center this Fall. We can’t wait to meet so many new people and share our work with you!
Check out the full details of our Concord, MA appearances here:
In their June 2007 issue, Dance Magazine published a really interesting review of our show FUTURE PERFECT:
Elam’s company, Misnomer Dance Theater, never ceases to impress with their connectivity and subtle-to-intense emotional interactions. It’s the abruptness of the movements—a dancer will stand completely still for moments, then all of the sudden throw herself onto the back of another dancer—that make Elam’s choreography so intense. It’s strangely comfortable to watch, as if you are having a pleasant, but non-linear, bizarre dream.
Deborah Jowitt wrote a great review of the double-bill at Skirball this past weekend.
Seeing Elam’s work and Keigwin’s in one night certainly emphasizes the contrasts between them…Elam is a true original, and his vision of humans as awkward, naïve, and eager is both comical and curiously touching.
I also really enjoyed what she wrote about Keigwin:
Larry Keigwin may not need Broadway, but Broadway could certainly use him.
Be it film, motion capture, or video games, it is interesting to think that while either choreographer could work on Broadway, they could very easily work in many other venues outside the traditional performance space. To me, that is a very exciting idea.
Through our fundable campaign, Misnomer managed to raise $800 online from Feb. 13 - March 10! Thank you to everyone who contributed. You are helping prove that online fundraising DOES work!
There has been lots of change and momentum in the past week. We have been preparing for our show. Outside the theater, however, there is even bigger news…
On April 2nd, fuel4Arts is hosting a think tank with Misnomer as participants. The think tank will explore different approaches to audience collaboration, focusing in particular on how new web technologies [blogs, etc] can be used to engage customers as partners in the production and/or marketing of art. The main focus will be on methods which allow artists to bypass traditional gatekeepers and connect directly with audiences/participants [that’s you].
Methods canvassed will include customised production, blogs, customer reviews, wikis, social networking, viral marketing, word of mouth and DIY media. Participants will share their experience of such methods to date and pose their own questions and challenges as to the best way forward. Jerry Yoshitomi will act as a mentor for the think tank participants (thank you Jerry!).
Dates
The think tank will run from Monday 2 – Friday 13 April 2007.
BIO: Jerry Yoshitomi
Jerry Yoshitomi is a leading international cultural facilitator. He is engaged by public arts agencies and foundations in North America, Australia and New Zealand to read, research, provoke, and speak on increasing participation in the arts, creativity, knowledge management, contemporary leadership practices, and recognising the public value of the arts. Jerry serves as the consultant on Information and Network Strategies for LINC (Leveraging Investments in Creativity, a national initiative to improve the living/working conditions of artists) and facilitator for a collaborative of performing arts presenters at major research universities.
As part of a feature on Motion Capture, Business Week included Misnomer’s work in the realm of motion capture. If you don’t know what motion capture is, think Golem in Lord of the Rings. Cameras sense infrared sensitive markers, or balls, placed on your body. Each marker is a point or joint to track. After the camera and computer track all the points, a person can use those points for an animation.
The Business Week feature does a real nice job of laying out who is using Motion Capture and why. For a great explanation [and interesting use] of Motion Capture, I recommend you watch Chris Bregler, NYU faculty, speak about his work.
Misnomer Dance Theatre is a proud member of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit organization that helps artists and arts organizations function more effectively as businesses.
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