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Streaks of light arc between dancers, topographical maps chart the peaks and valleys of motion, and 3D animation captures movement as geometric shapes. These are not scenes from some futuristic dance but glimmers of a future for dance that choreographer William Forsythe envisions, where choreographic thinking reaches into scientific fields, from geography to architecture to computer science.
These images and the scientific data that supports them come from Forsythe's new interactive web project, Synchronous Objects for One Fiat Thing, reproduced, created in collaboration with Ohio State University's Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) and its Department of Dance. A virtual exhibition space and an interdisciplinary research tool, Synchronous Objects is just the first step in Forsythe's larger vision for a "motion bank," an online realm of digital media that will house a wide range of movement...
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