Repertoire

Like Those Playground Kids at Midnight

Premier - February 2020 

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Music: Ave Maria by Astor Piazzolla Christian-Pierre La Marca and Thierry Escaish

Welcome to Barrio Ataxia

Premier - September 2018

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Music: Homenaje al Gran Lucho by Lucho Bermúdez

Daniel

Premier - May 2017

Original score: Gerson Orjuela​

Matriarca

Premier - April 2019

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Music: Fiesta de Locos by Calle 13

Spine Lines

Developed by CCAM Studio Fellows Erin Sullivan, DRA ‘20 and Liam Bellman-Sharpe, DRA ‘20, this project blends dance and live video processing in interactive performance. The keys of a MIDI-capable piano are mapped to specific frames of a pre-recorded video using Max audio and Touch Designer video software, allowing footage to be remixed live through piano improvisation that drives the video forward, backward, or randomly. Dancer Omar Roman de Jesus then responds to the generated footage with improvised choreography. The desired effect creates an elegant rhythm between the piano and the dancer. Liam plays the up and down the piano scale while pre-recorded footage of Omar moves in tandem with Omar’s live performance, creating a duet between the dancer’s body and digital self. The structural stage portals were designed by Lily Guerin, DRA ‘20 and engineered by Matthias Neckerman, DRA ‘20).

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The CCAM fellowship supported the research and resources required to execute this project. The project team filmed and edited a series of tests and will continue to develop the technology for use in a formal performance.

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Directed by Erin Sullivan and Liam Bellman-Sharpe

Choreography by Omar Román de Jesús. 

Original music by Liam Bellman-Sharpe. 

Structure for projection mapping design by Lily Guerin. 

Engineered by Matthias Neckermann