Thursday, September 01, 2011
Team Iluminate on America's Got Talent
- John Huntington's Blog -: My friend Miral Kotb (NY Post article with her story here) invented the Iluminate wearable lighting system, which has been a part of many high-profile concerts and awards shows (great demo reel here). This summer, Miral dreamed up Team Iluminate and has been knocking out both the judges and the audience on America's Got Talent
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It's amazing what you can do with modern technology, things that would have been unheard of just a few years ago start becoming first a new featured gimmick, then something a bit less rare, then eventually it'll be ubiquitous. This has the look of something that might be the next to go that way, it's got the potential to become much less expensive and more effective with continued development so it probably won't be long before it goes from being on TV to showing up in high school productions.
This is clearly a technology that is full of potential, I would agree with that. But being so young, at its stage right now, it seems to me more like a bunch of tricks staged together rather than a totally cohesive piece of choreography. It will be interesting to see where this grows- maybe costumes that are a little less cumbersome to the dancers, which would in turn allow the dance to take on a tone that isn't blatantly robotic/futuristic. This has room for a lot more sophistication.
I love this whole concept because it truly takes advantage of the marriage between performance and technology. The act would not be what it is without the technology, and yet the technology could come off as lame without its creative application in the choreography. I agree with Reilly in that the choreography could be more cohesive. I'm sure that can be fixed if they win the competition, though. They have all the tools that they need. I could also see this technology taking off and becoming more and more user friendly and accessible for the average community theatre or dance group. I keep wondering why this technology isn't already out there. I think learning and using this technology could be a great little crash course in not only programming, but also in soldering and using certain types of lamps and tools.
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