Performances
The Body in Motion
Expanding the Body Space
through Dance and Technology
Saturday, March 15, 6pm |
Touched Henry Daniel / Richard Vaughan / Ted Kirkpatrick (SFU) Dawn Stoppiello / Mark Coniglio (Troika Ranch) |
Touched* is a work about encounters … between people, places, and things, both familiar and unfamiliar, and the almost incessant need to comprehend the effects that these meetings have on us. It features human beings and semiautonomous robotic systems as “performers” in a constructed environment.
Scientists Richard Vaughan (robotics) and Arthur Kirkpatrick (haptic interfaces) from Simon Fraser University’s School of Computing Science, and choreographer Henry Daniel from the School for the Contemporary Arts collaborate to bring this new work to the stage.
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Strength Bob Pritchard (UBC)/ Julia Nolan (Saxophone) |
Strength is a convergence of the metallic and the human, the durable and the impermanent, combined in the aural and visual domains. Throughout the piece the saxophone’s sound prepares us for – and then comments on and unites – the male body images and the sounds of unseen machinery. While the ending of this work is introspective, I consider this to be a positive piece, a reflection on life, beauty, and knowledge.
Check out Bob Pritchard's current research project DIVA: Gestural Control of DIgital Ventriloquized Actors. • • • • • |
Ticket Information
Seating for these Performances at the DSS Theatre is limited, so we do require that you request (1-4) tickets in advance. We will then confirm whether your full requests for tickets can be met. Please understand that preferences are given to registered workshop participants.
Confirmed tickets can be picked up at the DSS at 5:30 pm. For further questions please contact the organizing team.
Programme (Credits) for Download.
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*) The performance Touched is supported by the Iris Garland Visiting Choreographers Fund; the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University, Robert Gardiner's SSHRC Research/Creation Grant at the University of British Columbia, and Henry Daniel's Canada Council/NSERC New Media Grant.