Songs of Sorrow... Songs of Hope....

(NYU/UCI I2 Collaboration. November 29, 2001)
Istituto Europeo di Design, Film/DVD at NYU, Luigi Vernieri, Director
electricFX, Image Processing at UCI, John Crawford

Event
Description
Time
INTRODUCTION

Projection: Collaborative Multimedia Project between University of California (UCI) and New York University (NYU)
Dinu opening remarks to NY audience and to CA audience.
Lisa opening remarks to CA audience and NY audience.
Cue: Lisa gestures to Mike

2:00
TITLE:

Brief flute phrase (Mike answered by Celina) along with Projection: "Songs of Sorrow, Songs of Hope (In response to the events of September 11)"
Cue: Celina's flute fades to silence.

0:30
SCENE 1 OPENING Music from UCI begins Video from UCI go Music and send to New York 4:00
SCENE 2 NYU "FIRECRY" (Wendy Luck) Music from New York begins
Dancer (Patrizia) at UCI begins
4:00
SCENE 3 "TRAVELLING I" (1:00 minuted) Lia Lungo in New York and UCI send music. UCI sends dance Dancers travel - walking vertical, contrasted by low rolling. They walk in their own time, starting in one direction then after 3/4 of the path the path is covered they change direction. They each make 3 to 5 direction changes and leave the stage. Cue: Lia Lungo leaves stage 1:00
SCENE 4 NYU “SHADOWS” New York sends music (Ron Mazurek, Composer) Dance from UCI. A duet and we would incorporate the idea of shadows and use of delay between the two dancers. Do you want video from UCI? 5:00
SCENE 5 UCI "TO SORROW" UCI sends dance and video. - working with fragments of Allision's and Patrizia's choreography, contrasting each other from sharp, striking movement with sustained shapings 5:00
SCENE 6 NYU "ELEVEN" Vladimir Scolnic (Israel) Dance and Music from UCI accompanies Scolnic at the Piano. 5:00
SCENE 7 "TRAVELLING II" NYU sends voice Should UCI send dance? Should UCI send / mix video? Dancers travel - walking vertical, contrasted by low rolling. They walk in their own time, starting in one direction then after 3/4 of the path the path is covered they change direction. They each make 3 to 5 direction changes and leave the stage. Cue: Lia Lungo leaves stage 1:00
SCENE 8 NYU "Spinning Around Orpheus" (Nuremburg) 5:00
SCENE 9 "MACHINE MEETING ITS REFLECTION" (5:00 MINUTES)
NYU sends music (John Gilbert, composer)
UCI sends music
UCI sends dance (Lisa Naugle, choreographer)
UCI sends video
- working with fragments of FIRECRY choroegraphy/solo. Contrast with large group movement of people falling, rolling away, others lifting them, helping to continue on, cannon, cascading simple travelling movements by the group in contrast to the soloist gets fast and chaotic. Will use Gilbert's poem as inspiration.
5:00
SCENE 10 "SILENCE" No music or dance from either site UCI sends video imagery in silence 2:00
SCENE 11 NYU "CARING FOR THE GLOBE"
NYU sends music (Tom Beyer, composer)
NYU sends solo dance with ball (Renata)
UCI sends solo dance with ball (Beth)
5:00
SCENE 12 "REBIRTH" Lia Lungo 4:00
SCENE 13

NYU "FACES IN THE STONE"
NYU sends music (Dinu Ghezzo, composer)
UCI sends music, dance and video
- return to walking and helping to carry on and more choreography to be determined.
"COUNTDOWN" Luigi Vernieri

7:00

 

0:15

CREDITS

SCENE 14

BOWS

NYU & UCI

THEN

Bows by NYU performers
Bows by UCI performers
All performers bow together.

4:00
 

Total Time

60:45