Comments on: Norah Zuniga Shaw on departure points http://synchronousobjects.osu.edu/blog/2009/03/a-dancers-perspective/ from dance to data to objects Mon, 28 May 2012 13:56:27 -0400 hourly 1 By: Doug Fox http://synchronousobjects.osu.edu/blog/2009/03/a-dancers-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Doug Fox Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:01:11 +0000 http://bigevilbrain.dev/?p=11#comment-22 Michael, I share your interest in how this visualization project can be used by choreographers and dancers who are interested in revealing "the inner workings of their own work," as you write. From my understanding of Synchronous Objects at this point, a major challenge would appear to be the very time-consuming nature of deciding what data to capture and the process of recording it. Maybe the researchers for this visualization project have thoughts about streamlined approaches to creating similar visualizations for other dance works, but in an expedited fashion? I look forward to hearing about different possibilities. Michael,

I share your interest in how this visualization project can be used by choreographers and dancers who are interested in revealing “the inner workings of their own work,” as you write.

From my understanding of Synchronous Objects at this point, a major challenge would appear to be the very time-consuming nature of deciding what data to capture and the process of recording it.

Maybe the researchers for this visualization project have thoughts about streamlined approaches to creating similar visualizations for other dance works, but in an expedited fashion? I look forward to hearing about different possibilities.

]]> By: Michael Morris http://synchronousobjects.osu.edu/blog/2009/03/a-dancers-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Michael Morris Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:58:24 +0000 http://bigevilbrain.dev/?p=11#comment-20 I am fascinated at the possibilities of this project and research generating new creative activity in fields other than dance, but I am also deeply interested in how this material loops back into dance, informing not only the creative processes and perspectives of dance artists, but also how they reveal their work. After the symposium today, a friend asked me where this is going to go next, specifically in regard to Bill's hope for developing a library or bank of this sort of research/information. And while Bill did mention seeking funding for the next installment in this continuum of projects, the possibility that I find even more fascinating is that this explication will provoke other artists to consider how they might reveal the inner workings of their own work, how they might build a public context out of which understanding for the "strange tool" of dance might evolve. I am interested in how that "library" might emerge from a public culture, embedded in a public culture, rather than emanating exclusively from this (remarkable) team. On some small level, I think this project was the inspiration for my blog. My creative process can be so cognitive and idea-driven, by expounding on it in the public space of the blog, by using the space as a public creative platform, I can in some small way reveal the inner workings of my work--be that choreography, research, philosophies, inspirations, etc. As if it could be said enough, thank you for this incredible gift. It has already served as an inspiration and provocation in the way I handle my own work, and I am exhilarated by the trust that it will continue to inspire and provoke the work of others, in and out of the dance field. -M I am fascinated at the possibilities of this project and research generating new creative activity in fields other than dance, but I am also deeply interested in how this material loops back into dance, informing not only the creative processes and perspectives of dance artists, but also how they reveal their work. After the symposium today, a friend asked me where this is going to go next, specifically in regard to Bill’s hope for developing a library or bank of this sort of research/information. And while Bill did mention seeking funding for the next installment in this continuum of projects, the possibility that I find even more fascinating is that this explication will provoke other artists to consider how they might reveal the inner workings of their own work, how they might build a public context out of which understanding for the “strange tool” of dance might evolve. I am interested in how that “library” might emerge from a public culture, embedded in a public culture, rather than emanating exclusively from this (remarkable) team. On some small level, I think this project was the inspiration for my blog. My creative process can be so cognitive and idea-driven, by expounding on it in the public space of the blog, by using the space as a public creative platform, I can in some small way reveal the inner workings of my work–be that choreography, research, philosophies, inspirations, etc.

As if it could be said enough, thank you for this incredible gift. It has already served as an inspiration and provocation in the way I handle my own work, and I am exhilarated by the trust that it will continue to inspire and provoke the work of others, in and out of the dance field.

-M

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