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Jeux Deux

Premiere at Boston Pops

In Jeux Deux (2005), live digital projections accompany a piano concerto by composer Tod Machover. The music, for pianist Michael Chertock and Yamaha disklavier, aligns, manipulates and propels visuals prepared from analyses of the performer’s hand movements, creating a real-time illustration of the musical score and its interaction with the physicality of performance.

  • Connecticut College
  • Porta, Portugal
  • Boston Pops (June 2, 2005)

 

Lifelike

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Lifelike (2002-3) served as the projected decor for Merce Cunningham’s dance “Fluid Canvas.” It fills the stage backdrop with algorithmically generated variations on movements derived from the motion-captured movements of Cunningham’s hands, from the motion-tracked movement of several animals (a horse, a cat, and a fish), and from abstract movements created by keyframe (a searchlight swiveling).

  • Kennedy Center, Washington, DC. (March 26-27, 2004)
  • Tucson, University of Arizona. (February 13, 2004)
  • White Bird, Portland, Oregon. (February 11, 2004)
  • Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. (February 3, 2004)
  • Festival d’Automne a Paris, Theatre de Saint Quentin en Yvelines Scene Nationale (December 12-13, 2003)
  • Centre Jean Re3noir/DSN Dieppe Scene Nationale, France. (December 9, 2003)
  • Festival d’Automne, Theatre de la Ville, Paris. (December 2-6, 2003)
  • Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois. (November 14, 2003)
  • Krannert Center, Champagne-Urbana, Michigan. (November 18, 2003)
  • Rome, Teatro Argentina. (October 24-26, 2003)
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music (the Next Wave Festival) (October 14, 16, 2003)
  • Houston TX, Society of the Performing Arts ( May 9, 2003)
  • CalPerformances, Zellerbach Theatre, Berkeley, CA. (Feb 7-8, 2003)
  • Barbican Centre, London. (September 10-12, 2002)

Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival Lee, MA. (June 21 – Sept 1, 2003)
Hermes Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (Feb, 2003)

 

Chaconne

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Chaconne (2003), by Eshkar and Kaiser, served as a projected backdrop for the Bill T. Jones solo. The projection filled the rear cyc of the stage space.

Brooklyn Academy of Music (Feb 3, 2003)
Premiere, New Opera House, Lilles, France. (Dec 7, 2003)
Preview, Hancher Arts Center, Iowa State University, Iowa City. (Oct 11, 2003)

 

You walk?

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You Walk? (2000) entailed projections by Kaiser for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company piece. Imagery combined 3D graphics with glimpses of composited video. The projections were mainly on the rear cyc of the stage, though at key moments they hit a forest of hanging scrim curtains amid the stage space.

Maison de la Dance, Lyon, France. (Nov 15 – 19, 2000)
Het Muziktheatre, Amsterdam, Holland. (Nov 8 – 9, 2000)
Zellerbach Hall, University of California – Berkeley. (Oct 27-28, 2000)
John Van Duzer Theater, Humbolt State University, Arcata, CA (Oct 24, 2000)
San Diego, CA. (Oct 22, 2000)
Sacramento Community Center, Sacramento, CA. (Oct 20, 2000)
Arlene Schnitzer Hall, Portland, Oregon. (Oct 18, 2000)
Bass Hall, Austin, Texas. (Oct 13, 2000)
Krannert Art Center, University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill. (Oct 10, 2000)
Bennedum Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Oct 7, 2000)
Jorgensen Auditorium, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut. (Oct 4, 2000)
Flynn Theater, Burlington, Vermont. (Oct 1, 2000)
Hopkins Center, Hanover, New Hampshire. (Sept 28-29, 2000)
Calvin Theater, Northampton, Massachusetts. (Sept 24, 2000)
Ohio Theater, Cleveland, Ohio. (Sept 22, 2000)
Her Majesty’s Theater, Festival 2000, Sydney, Australia. (Aug 31 – Sept 4, 2000)
Lincoln Center Festival, New York City. (July 20-23, 2000)
Royce Hall, University of California – Los Angeles. (April 14-15, 2000)
Arena del Sole, Bologna, Italy. (May 5-7, 9-13, 2000 )
(Premiere) Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City, Iowa. (March 24-25, 2000)