When
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
1:30 PM
Where
Simultaneous interactive performances in Allendale, Amsterdam and London via live webcasts
Category
Music & Dance
Description
This transcontinental project will take place over three days in Amsterdam, London and Allendale with simultaneous interactive performances - all captured for live webcasts viewable at http://research.kingston.ac.uk/bodiesinmotion.
The GVSU Symphony Orchestra, directed by Henry Duitman, and members of the GVSU Dance Ensemble, directed by Shawn T Bible, will be joining Kingston University and the Amsterdam Conservatory to present Bodies in Motion.
The brainchild of Kingston University music professor David Osbon, this event is part of the Cultural Olympiad, a celebration of the 2012 London Olympic games through dance, music, theatre, the visual arts, film and digital innovation. It will be the largest cultural celebration in the history of the modern Olympic and Paralympic Movements.
On each of three days Bodies in Motion will feature a student performance ensemble premiering a new composition written specifically for this event. While they perform, student dancers from the other two universities will be performing to the music, as well as triggering music with their movements. As a final element, a newly created student film will be combined with all performances. All of this will be captured for live webcasts so that audiences at the three performing locations, and throughout the world, can experience the complete performance.
On July 9 &10 Grand Valley student dancers Judi Jaekel and Jessica Loosenort will be performing at the Allendale Campus as music ensembles from Kingston University and the Amsterdam Conservatory perform. The dancers will be performing in special outfits that contain Wii controllers that will allow their movements to trigger specific pre-recorded music events. The dancers kinesthetic performance incorporates the athleticism of the Olympic games while integrating modern technological advances.
On July 12 the GVSU Symphony Orchestra will perform in Allendale as dancers from the other two universities respond to the music. Fully embracing today's technology, Grand Valley student composers Adam Cuthbert and Daniel Rhode composed a work that combines traditional orchestra instruments with a solo electric violin and several iPad performers.
For more information, contact the Department of Music at 616-331-3484.