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<div><b>LEMUR News at a Glance</b></div>
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<div><b>*<i> Frequency Hopping</i> featuring the Ballet Mécanique
Orchestra</b> opens May 29th</div>
<div><b>* LEMURtron at the Pittsburgh Children's Museum</b> opens
June 1st</div>
<div><b>* LEMUR receives Greenwall Foundation grant</b> towards
commissioning new works</div>
<div><b>* Summer classes begin in June</b></div>
<div><b>* ReSiDeNt returns in July,</b> submissions open through
June 15th</div>
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<div><i><b>Frequency Hopping</b></i><b> featuring the Ballet
Mécanique Orchestra</b></div>
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<div>LEMUR continues our collaboration with Paul Lehrman on the Ballet
Mécanique Project by providing the pit orchestra to<i> Frequency
Hopping</i>, a new play by The Hourglass Group. Running May 29th
through June 29th at 3LD Art & Technology Center,<i> Frequency
Hopping</i> is a dark comedy based on the remarkable collaboration in
1940 between Hollywood glamour girl Hedy Lamarr and "bad boy"
composer George Antheil (the composer of Ballet Mécanique) on a
secret communication system.</div>
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<div>The orchestra consists of LEMUR robots playing xylophones, bass
drums, gong, siren, doorbells, miniature singing bowls and simulated
airplane propellors, plus eight Yamaha player pianos. The robotic
assemblage performs the play's original score, written by New York
composer Joshua Fried.</div>
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<div><b>Special Performance June 7th:</b> The performance on June 7th
will be followed by<b> Antheil's Legacy</b>, a tribute to composer
George Antheil. This very special evening will feature the New York
premiere performance of the full-length, fully robotic version of
Ballet Mécanique, plus performances by other artists in the spirit
of George Antheil.</div>
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<div><b>Frequency Hopping</b></div>
<div><b>May 29-June 29</b></div>
<div><b>3LD Art & Technology Center</b></div>
<div><b>80 Greenwich St, NYC</b></div>
<div><b>For info and tickets, visit
http://www.hourglassgroup.org/frequency.html</b></div>
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<div><b>LEMURtron Installation in Pittsburgh</b></div>
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<div>LEMUR travels to the Pittsburgh Children's Museum this week to
install the latest version of LEMURtron, our interactive robotic
installation featuring live video projection and tracking. The
installation opens on Saturday, May 31st and runs for three months,
through September 7th.</div>
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<div>This version features exciting new interactive video programmed
by Luke DuBois and interactive robotic music programmed by Eric
Singer. And of course, over 20 LEMUR musical robots.</div>
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<div><b>LEMURtron</b></div>
<div><b>Pittsburgh Children's Museum</b></div>
<div><b>Pittsburgh, PA</b></div>
<div><b
>http://www.pittsburghkids.org/Templates/CMP_ExhibitsDetail.aspx?CID=<span
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<div><b>Greenwall Foundation Grant</b></div>
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<div>LEMUR has been awarded a generous grant from the Greenwall
Foundation (http://greenwall.org). This grant will go to support
LEMUR's music and performance commissioning programs, including
professional composer commissions and ReSiDeNt, our monthly
creator-in-residence program. LEMUR thanks the Greenwall Foundation
for their continued support of our work.</div>
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<div><b>Summer Classes</b></div>
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<div>Summer classes will be announced next week and will begin later
in June. LEMUR will be running a full complement of classes in
sensors, robotics, microprocessors, interfacing and more. If you're
not already on it, please sign on to our email list at
http://lemurbots.org to receive the class announcement and future
LEMUR news.</div>
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<div><b>ReSiDeNt Returns, Submissions Welcome</b></div>
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<div>After a two-month hiatus, ReSiDeNt, LEMUR's monthly
creator-in-residence program returns in July. Applications for this
and future ReSiDeNt months are now open. Submissions for July are open
through June 15th.</div>
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<div>Artists from all performing and installation disciplines are
encouraged to apply to ReSiDeNt, including musicians, composers,
dancers, choreographers, video artists, interactive installation
artists, performance artists, multimedia artists and others. To learn
about applying to ReSiDeNt, visit http://lemurbots.org/resident.html.
Deadlines are rolling, and decisions are made shortly after the 15th
of each month for the following month's residencies.</div>
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