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Open dress rehearsal of a showcase of regional dance and music from campuses around the country using low-latency interactive audio and video, featuring Michael Tilson Thomas.
Important Note: This program is for actual performance: Monday's dress rehearsal may not include some of the elements listed below
The Program
Stomp Dance – The Gathering of the Tribes
Presented by University of Oklahoma
Tahlahvse Ceremonial Grounds, Thomas Yahola, Leader (remote, Norman) Creek and Cherokee youth from the American Indian Clubhouse in Los Angeles (on-stage, Bing Theater)
Technology used: High-bandwidth MPEG-2 video stream.
Hummingbird
Presented by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chih-Chun Huang, Choreographer/Dancer (on-stage, Bing Theater)
Cho-Ying Tsai, Dancer (remote, Urbana-Champaign)
Technology used: 40 Mbps uncompressed stream using the UIUC Integrated Systems Lab's Syzygy custom middleware system, and an additional high-bandwidth MPEG-2 video stream.
Symphony No. 3, Finale: Molto deliberato (Fanfare)–Allegro risoluto, Aaron Copland
Presented by the USC Integrated Media Systems Center and the New World Symphony
Howard Herring, New World Symphony President and CEO, opening remarks (remote, Miami)
Michael Tilson Thomas, New World Symphony Artistic Director, Internet2 Overview (previously taped)
New World Symphony and Alasdair Neale, Principal Guest Conductor, Symphony No. 3
(previously taped in Miami, streamed live from an IMSC server in Arlington, VA)
Technology used: 10.2 Immersive Audio and 60 Mbps audio and video stream using a Vela HD decoder.
— Intermission —
Kinetic Shadows
Presented by Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of MusicDancers: Kathleen Kohatsu, Sharon Manuel, Paloma McGregor (on-stage, Bing Theater)
Musicians: John Freeman, Trumpet; Derrick Stauffer, Trumpet (on-stage, Bing Theater)
Dancers: Shannon Cozad, Sarah McCalister, and Beth Salemi (remote, Cleveland)
Musicians: Zach Cramer, Horn; James Kent, Trombone; Aubrey Foard, Tuba (remote, Cleveland)
Gary Galbraith, Choreographer
Karen Potter, Assistant Choreographer
Margaret Brouwer, Composer
Technology used: Three high-bandwidth MPEG-2 video streams.
Exposition: Calpurnia's Dream Obscured by Movement
Presented by California State University, Hayward
Scot Gresham-Lancaster, Composer, Performer, and Instrument Design
Kristen Peralta, Dancer (remote, Hayward)
Wilson Engel, Dancer (on-stage, Bing)
Technology used: 10 Mbps MPEG-2 video stream using VBrick 6200 series MPEG-2 Encoder/Decoder. Pattern recognition of vector based histogram from real-time video keyframes used for direct control of sound synthesis on a Cabybara 320 running a KYMA smalltalk implementation.
Reverse Patterns
Presented by University of California, Irvine
Beth McGill, Dancer (remote, Irvine)
Laura Dennis, Dancer (remote, Irvine)
Lisa Naugle, Choreographer
Alan Terricciano, Composer and Musician (remote, Irvine)
John Crawford, Interactive Computer Animation (on-stage, Bing Theater)
Technology used: Computer-generated dance imagery influenced by motion-tracked dancer streamed over 10 Mbps using a VBrick 6200 series MPEG-2 Encoder/Decoder.
SPIN
Presented by University of Southern California and University of California, Santa Barbara
USC Thornton "ELF" Ensemble, Bruce Eskovitz, Director (on-stage, Bing Theater)
Ensemble Performers: Meredith Andersen, Bryce Ryness, Jameeloh Buriddin, James Snyder, Linda Chamberlain, Wilson Engel, Tina Velazquez (on-stage, Bing Theater)
Members of the USC Modern Dance Department (on-stage, Bing Theater)
Lady Walquer Vereen, Choreographer
Lex Azevedo, Composer
Technology used: 10 Mbps MPEG-2 video stream using VBrick 6200 series MPEG-2 Encoder/Decoder.
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