Karole Armitage, Director's Fellow Member
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 10 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Director's Fellows, Karole Armitage, inspired by the ferocious ability of the MIT participants from the 2017 workshop to create athletic and expressive movement, has decided to form the MIT Dancing Engineers Company. The plan is for the company to create at least one production to premiere in 2019. The theme for the performance will come from this workshop. Mornings will be devoted to dance and sound/music; afternoons will be devoted to design.
DANCE AND MUSIC
No dance experience is necessary. Over the course of five sessions, Karole is interested in continuing to investigate calligraphic choreography derived from mapping Chinese ideograms. The session will begin with a short warm-up followed by analyzing an ideogram for its musicality and geometry.
DESIGN
Karole would like to meet with designers interested in creating moving/transforming components for the stage including costumes, morphing wigs, make-up, perfumes, body enhancing design, jewelry, objects, inflatables, lighting, bioluminescence, synthetic biology, etc. as a design or environmental element to be used as a part of the MIT Dancing Engineers Company performance. The workshop will be capped at 10 participants. All ideas are welcome!
Dates: January 22-26 , 2018 (detailed schedule tbd)
Location: Media Lab, E14-244
The workshop will culminate in a demonstration of selected material from the workshop at 12:00pm on Friday Jan.26 in the ACT Cube.
Please fill out this form if you're interested!
Sponsor(s): Media Lab
Contact: Shanice Thompson, E-14 245, SHANICET@MIT.EDU
Jan/22 | Mon | 02:00PM-02:00PM | E-14 244, Bring your own laptop | |
Jan/25 | Thu | 05:00PM-05:00PM | E-14 244, Bring your own laptop |
Karole will meet one on one with designers at a Media Lab (location of their choice) for a 60-90-minute individual brainstorming session between 2pm-5pm on Monday Jan. 22 and Tuesday, Jan 23 (first come first serve basis). On Jan 24- 25 will be devoted to following up with further questions and ideas related to design and practical issues (first come first serve basis) from 2pm-5pm.
Karole Armitage - Director's Fellow Member
Prashant Vasudevan, Valarie Rosen
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Learn to dance in time signatures you've never heard of!
By the end of the first hour, you'll be dancing in rhythms such as 7/8, 5/4, 15/8, and more! Our repertoire includes circle dances, and a few couple dances, from Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Hungary) and around the world (Quebec, Sweden, China, South Africa, Scotland, and the U.S.)
No partner needed and absolutely no experience necessary. Come by yourself or bring friends. Beginners are encouraged to arrive on time for introductory teaching in each session.
These dances continue as a regular series on Sunday nights, so you can keep coming once you get hooked!
Sponsor(s): Folk Dance Club
Contact: MIT Folk Dance Club, fdc@mit.edu
Jan/14 | Sun | 08:00PM-09:00PM | W20 Sala or Lobdell | |
Jan/21 | Sun | 08:00PM-09:00PM | W20 Sala or Lobdell | |
Jan/28 | Sun | 08:00PM-09:00PM | W20 Sala or Lobdell | |
Feb/04 | Sun | 08:00PM-09:00PM | W20 Sala or Lobdell |
Beginner teaching from 8 to 9 pm. Open dancing will follow until 10:30 pm.
Prashant Vasudevan, Ann B. Cowan
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none
Banjos + group theory + twirling your partner = FUN!
Contra dancing is a high-energy American folk dance, using easy walking steps, set to exciting, LIVE folk music from New England, Ireland, and Quebec. Dance with a partner and other couples, then change partners. A caller teaches the sequence of moves and prompts you during the dance, making it accessible to all. No experience necessary!
Free snacks will be provided. Come alone or bring friends! Website lists Tuesdays later in semester.
Sponsor(s): Folk Dance Club
Contact: MIT Folk Dance Club, fdc@mit.edu
Jan/09 | Tue | 08:00PM-10:30PM | W20 SalaDePuertoRico |
Jan/23 | Tue | 08:00PM-10:30PM | Student Ctr 491 |
Prashant Vasudevan, Valarie Rosen
Jan/10 | Wed | 07:30PM-08:30PM | W20 SalaDePuertoRico | |
Jan/17 | Wed | 07:30PM-08:30PM | W20 Lobdell | |
Jan/24 | Wed | 07:30PM-08:30PM | W20 Lobdell | |
Jan/31 | Wed | 07:30PM-08:30PM | W20-491 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Dance to music ranging from last week's Israeli pop hit to folk songs from the days of the pioneers. Come learn the newest, hottest dances in Israeli folk dancing.
Lots of teaching! Lots of fun! Beginners are most welcome! No partner needed and absolutely no experience necessary. Come by yourself or bring friends.
Beginner teaching until 8:30 pm, followed by mixed-level dancing until 11 pm. These dances continue as a regular series on Wednesday nights, so you can keep coming once you get hooked!
Sponsor(s): Folk Dance Club, Hillel
Contact: MIT Folk Dance Club, fdc@mit.edu
Veronica Boyce
Jan/23 | Tue | 08:00PM-10:30PM | Lobdell (W20) |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Come to the Tech Squares Beginners' Night and get a taste of modern Square Dancing. At Tech Squares, the square and round dance club of MIT, we dance fast, we dance smart, and we have lots of fun! No previous dance experience or knowledge necessary.
Sponsor(s): Tech Squares
Contact: Veronica Boyce, 650 933 0841, squares@mit.edu
Lindy Hop Society
Jan/10 | Wed | 07:30PM-09:00PM | W20-208 Lobdell | |
Jan/17 | Wed | 07:30PM-09:00PM | W20-202 Sala | |
Jan/24 | Wed | 07:30PM-09:00PM | Walker Memorial | |
Jan/31 | Wed | 07:30PM-09:00PM | W20-208 Lobdell |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
Learn to Lindy Hop! Lindy Hop is very popular form of swing dance done to jazz music, with emphasis on musicality and improvisation. This class is open to beginners, no previous dance experience required, and you do not need to come with a partner. After the lesson will be an open dance for practice.
Contact: Lindy Hop Society, swing@mit.edu
Isaac Metcalf
Jan/26 | Fri | 08:00PM-08:45PM | Mezz Lounge W20 3 fl | |
Jan/27 | Sat | 08:00PM-08:45PM | Mezz Lounge W20 3 fl | |
Jan/28 | Sun | 02:00PM-02:45PM | Mezz Lounge W20 3 fl |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
A performance of Gilbert and Sullivan Players' IAP comic opera Trial by Jury.
Trial By Jury is a one-act satire on love and the law. The lovely Angelina is suing her former flame, Edwin, for breach of promise of marriage. The trial quickly gets out of hand, and it's left to The Learned Judge to find a solution that will satisfy both parties. Gilbert and Sullivan's second collaboration, it features all the wit, social commentary, and musical artistry for which the two would later become famous.
Free admission!
Sponsor(s): Gilbert and Sullivan Players
Contact: Gilbert and Sullivan Players, gsp-ec@mit.edu
Natalia Guerrero
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Attendance: Participants should attend the first week and at least one additional week
A firehose of everything that goes into making creative radio: drama, music, storytelling, listener interactions, found sound, and digital and analog technical magic. Whether you're an old-time pro or a total beginner, this four-week workshop turns MIT's own FM radio station, WMBR, into a radio "makerspace." In the first week, try out the tools and techniques of making segments for radio: writing, performance, sound engineering, sound editing. Whatever we make each week, we broadcast on the radio on Friday night during the Voice Box timeslot in a 1-hour live radio performance based on the format of past WMBR radio project, Charles River Variety. Come one, come all, and explore the magic of making radio! More details at www.wmbr.org/iap
Sponsor(s): WMBR Radio
Contact: Natalia Guerrero, 50-030, 617-253-8810, nmg@mit.edu
Jan/08 | Mon | 07:00PM-09:00PM | 50-030, Bring yourself! |
Highly recommended to attend: get a tour of MIT's own FM radio station, WMBR, and meet other people in the MIT community interested in making radio. Find others with shared interests, sign up to learn a new skill, and find collaborators for your radio projects!
Natalia Guerrero
Jan/09 | Tue | 07:00PM-08:00PM | 50-030 |
Brainstorm and write clear and compelling stories for radio, everything from found-text oulipian poetry to multi-episode space opera, based on the technique developed for past WMBR radio experiment, Charles River Variety.
Natalia Guerrero
Jan/09 | Tue | 08:00PM-09:00PM | 50-030 |
Learn from (lightly) seasoned radio performers and musicians the challenges and adventures in performing for an audience of ears!
Natalia Guerrero
Jan/10 | Wed | 07:00PM-09:00PM | 4-163, Laptop recommended |
LOCATION CHANGE: NOW IN 4-163 Musical melanges and aural hodgepodges tickle your fancy? Experiment with sound samples, text, and effects to create sound art for a radio audience!
Optional: Download the Ableton Live demo in advance from https://www.ableton.com/en/trial/
Natalia Guerrero
Jan/11 | Thu | 03:00PM-07:00PM | 50-030 | |
Jan/18 | Thu | 03:00PM-07:00PM | 50-030 | |
Jan/25 | Thu | 03:00PM-07:00PM | 50-030 | |
Feb/01 | Thu | 03:00PM-07:00PM | 50-030 |
The eve of preparation! Time, space, and opportunity for workshop participants and instructors to write, rehearse, record and otherwise prepare radio segments for the 1-hour performance Friday night!
Craig Thorburn, Natalia Guerrero
Jan/11 | Thu | 07:00PM-09:00PM | 50-030 |
Make sounds sound good! Learn how to use a soundboard and mics to set up for a live soundcheck or recording session in WMBR's A Studio for a band or group of performers.
Craig Thorburn
Jan/12 | Fri | 07:00PM-11:55PM | 50-030 |
Let's write, rehearse, and produce an 18-minute radio drama in 180 minutes! With live updates being broadcast over WMBR's airwaves as the progress progresses, we embark on the ultimate test of creative radio mettle! Setup is at 7pm with the clock starting at 8pm and the big finale at 11:00 sharp!
Craig Thorburn, Natalia Guerrero
Jan/16 | Tue | 07:00PM-09:00PM | 66-154 | |
Jan/23 | Tue | 07:00PM-09:00PM | 66-154 | |
Jan/30 | Tue | 07:00PM-09:00PM | 66-154 |
Although part of the fun of live creative radio is throwing things together at the last minute, it's kind of of nice to have things planned in advance. Find collaborators for your next project, get help from an instructor, or get a head start on this week's experiment at our Tuesday office hours!
Natalia Guerrero, Craig Thorburn
Jan/19 | Fri | 06:00PM-11:00PM | 50-030 | |
Jan/26 | Fri | 06:00PM-11:00PM | 50-030 | |
Feb/02 | Fri | 06:00PM-11:00PM | 50-030 |
Once more into the breach! Enter the frenzy of preparation from 6p-8p, then sound check from 8p-9p, for a brand-new live radio performance 9p-10p on 88.1 WMBR (the usual Voice Box time slot). 10-11p, bask in the post-show euphoria and clean up, then immediately start brainstorming for next week!
Natalia Guerrero, Craig Thorburn
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