The “Unpacked Series” is our newest video feature. Each episode will give an inside scoop on a piece from Misnomer’s repertory from the perspective of the performers. Hear about what’s going through the dancers’ minds when they are onstage in Chris’ work!
Episode One: “Inside the Tinman”
Choreography: “Tinman” by Chris Elam
Music: Chris Elam and Malina Rausenfels
Interview/ Video Editing: Dorian Nuskind-Oder
Appearing in this Episode: Chris Elam
On July 12, Misnomer performed Tin Man, Landflat, and Throw People to a very receptive audience. For a full review of the night, follow the link.
After the show, we invited the audience to record their impressions and feedback. To facilitate the process, we set up two macBooks with iSights. Here’s what they had to say:
As part of our Presenter Partnership with Summer Stages, we wanted to provide the audience an opportunity to develop a relationship with the work beyond the theater. We will be responding to these questions among others on the blog.
In addition to these posts, we also had a Question + Answer session after the show. Stay tuned for responses and video from the show!
Or check out flickr page for photos during our tech rehearsal.
Some places in Martha’s Vineyard simply don’t have addresses. Like in Japan, people tend to focus more on landmarks than on actual street addresses. It’s a friendly place and people tend to just walk into your house. Today, we had a dancer walk into our house asking about classes.
If you haven’t yet seen this, we’ve added the location of our next show to our Personal Google Map
Let us know if you’ll be able to make it. Otherwise, check back on the blog for our work in progress!
During rehearsals, we use our trusty Apple Computers to help mark our choreography. When the rehearsal is running, we hit record on the DV Cam and also use QuickTime Pro to record the video straight to the hard drive. This saves a whole lot of time because we don’t have to spend time capturing & digitizing mini DV tapes – the files are saved straight to the computer.
You can go straight to the Apple Website for a great tutorial on creating a video podcast, or simply using QuickTime Pro
Our current Video Tech List includes:
* Final Cut Pro * QuickTime Pro * 1 DV cam * Lots of mini DV tapes * 2 Mac Powerbooks * 1 Macbook (with iSight)
We currently use 3 external hard drives, for a total of 500 GB of video archives and current projects . When we are in full production mode, we also have a dedicated person to run the video camera, computers, and set up the system. To simplify, you could just setup the MacBook and iSight to record and document the rehearsals straight to your computer.
You can take a look at the setup in action below.
Our VIDEO REMIX CONTEST has been blogged on Great Dance Blog, The Winger, and Blogus!
As an update to the contest, here is a recent remix by Jaki Levy. It includes some samples of what you can do on jumpcut.
Get in there. We can’t wait to see what you’ve got!
We were recently featured on BusinessWeek.com. We’re relying on YOU to participate online and tell us what you like (and what you love).
This is Amazing (with a capital “A”)! Watch the video to hear what our new online audience initiative is all about.
If you can’t tell, we’re extremely ecstatic about this.
Misnomer Dance Theater intends to add more possibilities of interaction between audience members and performers.
Let us know what’s missing on our site and we’ll add it!
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