New Music, Dance and Video from the Computer Music Center at Columbia University

April 6th, 8PM
Williamsburg Art neXus
 
Six works displaying CMC-grown talent were presented to a sold-out audience at the Williamsburg Art neXus (WAX) in Brooklyn, NY, on April 6th, 2003. The show was organized by graduate students affiliated with the CMC, headed by Paul Hogan, and was a tremendous success, arguably the best CMC show to date. The featured performances included four works for dance and an interactive work for solo flute, as well as an installation work in the gallery with which audience members were invited to interact. Refreshments were served in the gallery following the show.

The first half of the show featured the quirky dance-ensemble piece Electric Rock Collection, conceived in collaboration by composer Paul Hogan and choreographer Elyssa Dole. This was followed by Repeat After Me for solo flute performed by Natacha Diels with live sound and video processing by composer R. Luke DuBois. The first half was rounded out with the energetic solo-dance work monologue, featuring dance by Megan Metcalf and sound by Brian House.

During intermission, audience members were invited to the gallery to interact with the installation work N.A.G. (Network Auralization for Gnutella) by composer and sound artist Jason Freeman. N.A.G. is interactive software art which downloads and remixes songs from the Gnutella network according to keyword searches provided by the audience-user.

The first work in the second half of the show was the intense solo dance work kaspar--or n(one), based on the story of the German boy Kaspar Hauser. The work was collaboratively conceived with dance by Elyssa Dole, music by Katharina Rosenberger and stage direction by Nina Hein. The show ended as it began with a work for dance ensemble, this time with the sexy Ceaskaepe, with music by Johnathan F. Lee, choreography by Theresa Ling and visual design by David Sun.

For more detailed information on any of the featured works, including photos and video excerpts from the show, please click on the respective links above or to the left.


Special thanks are extended to Brad Garton, the CMC staff, Columbia University and WAX. Specific thanks also to Douglas Repetto and Mark McNamara. Learn more about the CMC and the many people involved at music.columbia.edu/cmc.

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