interactive dance
Dancing is a profoundly interactive language that crosses all cultures throughout the world. In many ways Dance follows a narrative that often dictates the the outcome of the dance. Merce Cunningham was, as of recently, an innovative choreographer who abandoned the use of narrative in his choreography and found new methods of dance that was not bound by the confines of scripted narratives.
Throughout his career Cunningham pushed the boundaries of dance and technology often incorporating computers and visual effects into his choreography going so far as to allowing computer modeling platforms to dictate some aspects of his dances.
The use of scrims, projected images and people, all on the same stage, created unique opportunities for dancers to interact with various forms of mediums all collaborating together to create sensually intriguing performances.
youtube videos of Merce Cunningham performances.
youtube videos of Merce Cunningham performances.
Comments
As Matt said, he embraced technology as it evolved, and pushed it to the extreme. He was doing multimedia decades before the word appeared in our language.
I find interesting that in the comments people made about the MOCA Sensor Dance, all the interest seems to be about the technology, the sensors etc. rather than the dance.