| Invisible Connections: Dance, Choreography and Internet Communities Contributor(s): Popat, Sita (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415364752 ISBN-13: 9780415364751 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: Internet and communication technologies offer dance and theatre new platforms for creating and performing work, with opportunities for remote interaction and collaboration on a scale never before imaginable. This book explores methods by which such technologies can facilitate creative collaborations between performers and viewers. It draws upon the work of arts, communications and technology theorists and practitioners, and makes special reference to the author's series of Internet-based choreography projects with online communities from Europe, America and elsewhere around the globe. The book demonstrates how sharing creative processes between online communities has the potential to enrich the artistic palette and provide an arts-based learning experience for participants. The Cartesian duality of the mind-body split apparently inherent in remote communications is challenged by the physicality of dancing and choreographing together online. The discussion is focused primarily upon dance, but the underlying approach is founded upon devising processes formulated and formalized in theatre-based contexts. Participants collaborated as "armchair" choreographers and |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Dance - General - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 792.82 |
| LCCN: 2005019858 |
| Series: Innovations in Art and Design |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 7.08" W x 9.81" (1.18 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first and only book to focus on dance on the Internet, Sita Popat's fascinating Invisible Connections examines how Internet and communication technologies offer dance and theatre new platforms for creating and performing work, and how opportunities for remote interaction and collaboration are available on a scale never before imaginable. Drawing upon the work of practioners and theorists in the arts, communications and technology theorists and, Invisible Connections makes special reference to Popat's series of Internet-based choreography projects from with online communities around the globe, and explores: * methods by which such technologies can facilitate creative collaborations between performers and viewers With its dual aspect approach, from the author as an artist/researcher and the appendix being written by a software designer, the historical perspective on performance on the internet coupled with the writing makes this a must read book for any student of performance, dance or communication studies. |