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ARTIST STATEMENT:
Dance X Computer Vision is a creative coding project aiming to use modern computer vision to create imaginative visual effects for dance performances shot with just a cellphone camera. It is a collaboration with Fred Lu, a Computer Science student who took on the challenge to explore how dance can be rethought and re-encoded in the 21st century with the use of technology.
CAMILLE MENAGED:
Originally from Panama City, Camille began dancing ballet at the age of 3. However, it was not until the age of 13 that she became curious about the body and the methods used to teach and create dance. Before coming to NYU, she was the co-director and choreographer of an Israeli Dance Festival in Panama that hosted around 400 dancers and 2000 spectators. Through this experience, she became inspired by the future of 3D mapping projections and motion capture juxtapositioned with dance.
At NYU, Camille took courses such as Kinesthetics of Anatomy, Dance Science, Psychology, and Live Video Art performance, which re-informed the way in which she thinks about dance. Camille is now the Vice-President of the NYU Ballet Collaborative, where she teaches and choreographs to her fellow club members, virtually. Last semester she joined the Youth Ballet Company in Panama where she continues her dance training. She is thrilled to be working in collaboration with Fred, whom she met “accidentally” by clicking on the wrong zoom link at club fest. 
Fred Lu:
Fred Lu studies computer science and loves to explore how modern computing resources and computer vision can incubate new forms of art with a unique modern look.
Fred studies computer science and economics at NYU CAS and he has had industry and research experience with computer vision, which is his main academic passion. He is an active e-board member Tech@NYU, which builds a community of artists, makers, and hackers through community events. He hosts community talks and events for Tech@NYU on creative coding. Recently, he hosted DIY Zoom Filters in an attempt to liven up everyone’s often-mundane Zoom meetings.
After meeting with Camille, Fred started thinking about the ways that dance could be re-encoded via modern computer vision to take on new forms that were either infeasible before by needing specialized hardware or required a level of knowledge about dedicated software and hardware that limited artistic freedom.
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