Dance image gallery
"NU" - Henry Daniel choreography, Mark Newbold music - The Place, London
In this piece for 4 dancers, based on various meanings of the ancient Egyptian letter, NU, the music was generated and controlled by the dancers' movements in Soundbeam's ultrasonic sensors.
"Frozen White" - London Musicians Collective - devised by Stan Wijnans, with Rhodri Davies (harp), Steve Noble (percussion), Gail Brand (trombone), Julia Clarke, Charlotte Darbyshire choreography/dance - ICA, London - September 2003. Inspired by Dr Oliver Sacks accounts of the sleeping sickness epidemic of the 1920s, the amplified sounds of 3 live improvising musicians were modified in real time by sound processors controlled by the 2 dancers' movements in Soundbeam's 4 ultrasonic sensors.
"Leonardo's Lists" devised and composed by Katharine Norman with Emma Payne choreography, Claire Boyd dance, Brian Johnson realtime video animation - L Shed, Bristol Docks, November 4th 1999. Words from lists made by Leonardo da Vinci, music controlled by a dancer's movements in the Beams, projections of real time video animations of the dancer, combined with Leonardo images, interact with each other to make a powerful multimedia piece.
"Objects - Places" - Duncan Chapman music - Olu Taiwo dance
L Shed, Bristol Docks, November 4th 1999. The Dancer sets a pendulum swinging - then moves round it, handling various objects (shells, pebbles, sticks), the sounds of which are modified by sound processors controlled by the pendulum's interruptions of the "Beam".
"Imitation Games" - Nick Otty words, Edward Williams music, Pip Eastop horn, Will Gregory baritone sax, Richard Lambert ("The Scientist") dance, Julie Tippett (Ada Lovelace) singer, Tom Rogers (Charles Babbage), Brian Johnson realtime video animation - L Shed, Bristol Docks, November 4th 1999. "Imitation Games" weaves a fantasy around computer pioneer Alan Turing ("The Scientist" responsible for breaking the wartime German Enigma Code) and his scientific forebears, Charles Babbage (who built "The Difference Engine"), and Byron's daughter, mathematician Ada, Countess of Lovelace. There are 4 dances for The Scientist, with music generated by his movements in the Beams.