Abu Dhabi Thalassemia Award Ceremony 2015 from Tigrelab on Vimeo.
The Creators Project: Two dancers are left to themselves, occupying a giant stage, tiny in appearance beneath a massive wall. But as soon as the performance begins, their presence grows by way of luminescent particles and streams that react and extend their every movement. As it progresses, the entire wall is filled with shapes and colors, either moving around the performers and making space for them, or exploding with each motion to add emphasis to their subtle dance. And it's not just the performers that these visuals interact with, it's also the music. As new sections are introduced to the composition, fresh colors and designs appear on the wall. It's a tightly choreographed piece where all sections play off each other.
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I really liked this performance a lot. I think that dance and media design work very well together because there are so many possibilities for both of them. The media design perfectly accompanies the movement of the dancers and enhances the story they are trying to tell. It is really cool that they projected from the front and the back in order to always have projections on the wall as well as having projections on the dancers them selves. This ensured that there were not shadows on the wall from the dancers if it was only projected from the front. It is crazy that they did a lot of this work in only a few days. The graphics are so detailed and precise, which looks like it would take a very long time to accomplish this and make it perfect. I really hope I can see something like this live one day.
I love this so much. We actually talked about this in Media Stagecraft and I have been affected by it ever since. I think projection mapping is so interesting because it allowed the person to control the environment and experience being created. This sort of performance accompanied with projections, allows for a sense of fantasy. It illuminates the imagination of the audience and lets the audience suspend the fact that the images are being projected. The graphics are incredible and the precision of movement is just sublime. I've watched videos of performers using projections and media but fail at their attempt to stay consistent with the movement of the images. That is why projection mapping is a much better solution for the accuracy. I hope to get the chance to see how these projections or projections like the ones shown are produced. Looks like a lot of work.
I think this audiovisual performance is very successful in every aspect and I wish I could see something like this in person some day. The projections and the dancers bring each other to life, and the media not only gives movement to the dancers but also the music. The dancers, sound and media all work so well together that none of them is being overpowered/seems like an afterthought. I think this performance showcases the abundance of possibilities and potential for media. Although some people might say/think that media now, especially in theatre, is mostly "just projections", this performance goes to show how much projections alone can do. It's very interesting and inspiring to see how fast media is growing in forms of live performance other than theatre. Media can interact with and alter so many if not all different elements on stage, and I'm very excited to see how it develops in the near future.
Seeing media used in such a beautiful way is so nice. I am currently in the media mini for stagecraft and we watch a media performance video at the start of each class, and I have started to really pick apart what I like in some media performances and what I don't like. Before any time I would see video mapping and projections in a dance piece I would be all over it just for the fact that they were using media and creating new art. Now, I really try to see what is good and creative in each and what I doesn't work as well This performance was really well done. Their was only a few very slight moments were I could tell the live action didn't fully line up correctly with the media. The media really enhances the story and what the creators are trying to promote and I think that is what I find most attractive in a media heavy piece.
What a cool performance! While not really a novel concept, the scale of the projections in the space versus the small scale of the performers added a very cool effect between their movements and the effects. What's amazing to me in that this was all produced in under a month, and rehearsals in the space took only two days. That's totally nuts. I can't even make a box out of foam core in two days, let alone program a performance of that scale!
The thing that interested me the most after reading this article was the production company, TigreLab. I feel like the past few media heavy articles on this blog have been about European companies, and I am wondering if there is some reason Europe is experimenting a lot with media as the scenery or part of the movement of the piece and in the U.S. it still seems really tied to lighting. Just s thought.
This was a really fantastic application of media in a live performance. The incredible part for me at least is the timeline it was all created on. I’m seriously impressed they were able to craft such a refined piece in less than a month especially considering they had to travel halfway around the world to get to the performance venue. Media can be very difficult and time consuming to produce and integrate in a way that is this seamless which just makes the feat of this performance all the more impressive. The article also mention’s the team’s decision to integrate the house projectors as an extra effect. This effect ended up being one of the ones that stood out to me the most. I am sure that in real life the effect would be even more impressive but even just seeing it filmed I’m blown away by the fact that it was done as impromptu last minute addition.
This was such an amazing performance! This is a perfect example of how to integrate media into an art piece. In fact, there were times when I was watching this that I was so engrossed in the dance that I forgot that the light behind the dancers was really a projection. My favorite part was when the shower of gold-colored light fell down and seemed to move around their bodies, almost as if it were made of water. It made the piece seem almost magical. Like John Walker, I think the craziest thing about this was that the whole performance came together in just one month. The collaboration between the media designer and the choreographer would have had to of been flawless, and it definitely seems that way. The people behind this project must be extremely talented and innovative to make that happen, and all of their hard work really paid off.
The visuals in this video are absolutely stunning. My stagecraft local is currently in the media mini, and we watch videos like this one everyday before class. Being able to see the different possibilities for media usage, like projection mapping, is always really cool and continues to pique my interest in this area. It is great how it really complements our media classes, showing us how the basics of what we are learning now can one day be transformed into something great. I feel like media can add a whole other dimension to dance, as technology and the human form interact with one another. They each bring a separate, new component to the other, and each would be lacking if performed by themselves. I hope that the integration of media into live performance continues, and that I will get to see a performance in person one day.
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