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“Vimeo attracts a high-art, film-buff set—the kind of people who, when making movies for the Web, pause to consider such virtues as cinematography, framing, music, and composition.”
via article19:
or, why Vimeo is Better than YouTube!
So Doug is putting together some offline meet-ups for the New York Dance/Tech community. I think the name “DanceTech” is confusing because of its similarity to Dance + Tech which I don’t think is related.
The topics sound good, it could be interesting if you can actually get people offline and away from their computers.
Some of the suggested topics really annoy me though, such as “How dancers can create professional websites without any technical training or background, and do this very inexpensively.”
That’s one of the most insulting things to read as a designer and web developer. ‘Hey, dancers with no training or technical knowledge could do your job.’
I think I’m going to start my own workshop called “How over-weight web designers with no training can create professional ballets and do it inexpensively.”
It’s just the hight of conceit to believe that you can create professional results in my field without training. I respect your work, please respect mine.
I find it really hard to believe that there is no plan of succession for Jim Vincent. You don’t just put out an open call for an Artistic Director. (I didn’t check to see if they posted an ad on Craigslist.) This is something that you need to plan for and train someone for. Even at a repertory company like Hubbard Street, the Artistic Director provides the artistic mainstay of the organization and curates the work. You can’t just pull someone off the street to do that. The person needs to be familiar with the work and the company.
I’m not sure whether to be in awe or laugh at this new web video project from Jon M. Chu. It’s like a cross between Heros and America’s Best Dance Crew. I want to laugh because the premise is so far-fetched but the production values kind of win me over. I’m a still a little lost with the ballerina/ninja character. The shots are spectacular. Very Matrix style. Apparently they actually performed all of this without digital effects or wires.
So part one of the project is a web video series which spawns into a franchise that intertwines the best dancers in the world with comic-book style characters, a cinematic narrative, groundbreaking live performances, and multiple product lines in video, merchandise and even electronic dance products.
Check out the trailer, I think it stands on it’s own pretty well. I wouldn’t watch the interview with Jon though, it kind of ruins the illusion. Take for instance his quote below:
“Have you ever wondered what it would be like if super heros really existed? Well, they do. And they’re called dancers.”
Ouch. That was just one step too far.
The trailer is also available in HD on the site.
Chase is one of the few Artistic Directors that I would actually read an interview from. It does sort of surprise me that he doesn’t read any dance blogs though. I mean, we reviewed his show last year and and it’s even in the press section of the site. Don’t let us down Chase.
So if you’ve got a valid college student ID, email info@jacobspillow.org with “STUDENT RUSH PROGRAM” in the subject line and include their name, address, phone number, email address and the name of their college. They will email you every Monday of the festival and tell you what performances are eligible each week.
Lame. Here is why:
Jacob’s Pillow is not an impulse buy. You can’t just run up there on short notice because you need a car and it’s a long way from New York City. Rush tickets are designed to lure people who make easy, last minute choices. You can’t do that at the Pillow.
Very cool pedestrian movement video from Elina Müller-Meyer. waiting on… on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
If you’re new to 60x60 Dance, here’s the short explanation: Vox Novus makes
a mix of 60 new musical works that are all 60 seconds long. Then we assign
one piece of music to each of 60 choreographers. The result is one hour of
pure genius and fantastic fun…
PERFORMANCES: Tuesday, April 7 and Wednesday, April 8 at 8 p.m @ Galapagos Art Space
Again, I’m not really a fan of Constant Contact but it’s light-years above PatronMail. Personally I’m a huge fan of Mailchimp and Campaign Monitor but Bronto and Mailer Mailer are also very nice. All four of those support very advanced users and are created for companies who are really serious about creating great campaigns. They aren’t very template based becuase they assume that you will want to create unique mailers instead of adding information to a template. I think this leads to much better results but you do need to be a pretty advanced user.
That’s a really good point. Great marketing only sells a bad production once. Forget Viral Marketing, how about a performance that people want to spead?
via Marco.org - So maybe instead of getting your company on…
Wow, I didn’t get that memo. Can’t say I’m too sorry to hear it though. I always felt that the awards were very inbred. Maybe after some time off we’ll get some new blood.
That is a huge improvement. Nice video integration, (but some horrible interlacing problems…) much cleaner layout and got rid of a lot of the nasty green color… a lot of it but not all. Much better user interface though with clear buttons.
Doug has a very thorough write up of what’s going down tomorrow on the OSU “Synchronous Objects” site.
