Falling about the place
"TILT," a collaboration between video artist Ellen Sebring (S.M.VisS 1986) and Boston choreographer Paula Josa-Jones, combined large-screen video, live dancers and a gravity-disrupting mechanism called a "levitron," a sort of padded see-saw with handles at either end, to wonderful effect. Sebring and Josa-Jones held a "TILT" workshop during IAP, which culminated in a demonstration on Jan. 22 in Kresge Auditorium. Performers included Alissa Cardone and Ingrid Schatz, both members of Josa-Jones' dance company Performance Works, and members of MIT's Kinaesthetics Lab, a student choreography group. Cardone and Schatz performed on the Levitron. The MIT students provided the gravitational shifts. Photo / Donna Coveney A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on February 2, 2005 (download PDF). |
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RELATEDUn-leveling the playing field - "TILT," a new collaboration between video artist Ellen Sebring (S.M.VisS 1986) and acclaimed Boston choreographer Paula Josa-Jones, combines large-screen video, live dancers, and a gravity-disrupting mechanism called a "levitron" to discover new realms of movement. 1/12/2005 IAP course diversity intact - The Independent Activities Period (IAP), MIT's special January term, offers students, faculty and staff the opportunity to take or teach classes in areas they might not normally have time to explore. 2/2/2005 More: Arts |
