February 28, March 1-2, 2025
This symposium is co-sponsored by NYU Gallatin; the NYU Provost’s Office; Onassis ONX; ITP (Tisch); the Integrated Design & Media Program (Tandon/NYU); the Steinhardt School (NYU); and Jacob’s Pillow
Conveners: Lise Friedman, Julie Malnig, Patricia Beaman
FEBRUARY 28TH
FRIDAY 6:00M-8:30PM
Onassis ONX, 645 5th Avenue, Manhattan, Lower Level
On View
Archival and new dance and technology films: Early dance and technology films: Loïe Fuller (Louis Lumiere: Fire Dance), Oskar Schlemmer (Triadic Ballet), Georges Méliès (The Magic Lantern), Fernand Léger (Ballet Mechanic), René Claire (Entr’Acte)]
Blackletter (3D installation), OpenEndedGroup: Paul Kaiser and Marc Downie; Kinetic Diffusion, Brandon Powers; L’Entrée, Lisa Jamhoury.
Blackletter (3D installation), OpenEndedGroup: Paul Kaiser and Marc Downie; Kinetic Diffusion, Brandon Powers; L’Entrée, Lisa Jamhoury.
6:15PM
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6:30PMIntroduction to the Symposium: Jazia Hammoudi, Program Director Onassis ONX; Gigi Dopico, NYU Provost; Victoria Rosner, Dean of The Gallatin School; Julie Malnig, Chair, Gallatin Interdisciplinary Arts Program
6:30PM
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7:00PMScreenings: Excerpts from BIPED projections, Shelley Eshkar and Paul Kaiser, and 2D excerpts from Loops, OpenEndedGroup: Marc Downie, Shelley Eshkar, and Paul Kaiser
7:00PM
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7:20PMCentaur, Pontus Lidberg and Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm
7:20PM
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8:00PMTalkback with the Artists: Marc Downie, Paul Kaiser, Adrian Guo Silver (dramaturg, Centaur), Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm
Moderator: Pam Tatge, Executive and Artistic Director, Jacob’s Pillow
Moderator: Pam Tatge, Executive and Artistic Director, Jacob’s Pillow
8:00PM
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8:30PMRECEPTION
MARCH 1ST
SATURDAY 9:30AM-6:00PM
Enter at 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn (look for signs for The Garage)
9:45AM
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10:00AMWelcome: Mimi Yin
10:15AM
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11:45AMFrom Reel-to-Reel to Video to Motion Capture and Beyond (in The Garage)
Panelists: Vicky Shick, Stacy Spence, Charles Atlas, Marc Downie, and Paul Kaiser
Moderator: Wendy Perron
Screenings
Homemade, Trisha Brown
How long does the subject linger on the edge of the volume…; Trisha Brown Dance Company; OpenEndedGroup: Marc Downie and Paul Kaiser; Tesseract, a collaboration between Charles Atlas, Rashaun Mitchell, and Silas Riener
COFFEE BREAK
12:15PM
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1:45PMIntroduction: Leslie Satin
Ethics of Technology: Who Holds the Power–Humans or Machines? (in The Garage)
Panelists: Mimi Yin, Brian Brooks, Errol King, Sydney Skybetter
Moderator: Matthew Stanley
LUNCH BREAK
3:15PM
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5:00PMLive performance:
Excerpt from Doppelgänger, performed by NiNi Dongnier (NUUM Collective: Mimi Yin, NiNi Dongnier, Yuguang Zhang, Tiri Kananuruk, Nuntinee Tansrisakul)
Introduction: Carla Gannis
Archive of Memory and Mythology (in The Garage)
Panelists: Jill Johnson, Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm, Katherine Helen Fisher, Alan Winslow, and Xin Ying
Moderator: Carla Gannis
Screenings
Synchronous Objects, William Forsythe, Maria Palazzi, and Norah Zuniga Shaw
Centaur, Pontus Lidberg and Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm
Lamentation: Dancing the Archive, conceived by Xin Ying with The Martha Graham Dance Company, co-created by Xin Ying, Alan Winslow, Kate Ladenheim and Katherine Helen Fisher
5:00PM
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5:15PMRECAP OF DAY
Discussant: Michael Dinwiddie
MARCH 2ND
SUNDAY 9:30AM – 6:00PM
Enter at 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn (look for signs for each locale)
9:45AM
(More Info)
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10:00AMWelcome: Luke DuBois
WORKSHOPS
10:00AM
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11:00AM(Ballroom)
Sydney Skybetter – Choreorobotics 0101: Robotic Movement Frameworks for Humans
11:15AM
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12:15AM(Black Box)
Brandon Powers – Embodiment Design: An Intro to Designing XR Experiences Like a Choreographer
12:30PM
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1:30PM(Audio Lab)
Katherine Helen Fisher and Armon Naeini – Choreographing the Algorithmic Body
1:45PM
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2:45PM(Ballroom)
Brian Brooks – Viewpoint: Live-stream yourself in 3D with a unique Augmented Reality Mobile Studio
3:00PM
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4:00PM(Black Box 220)
cari ann shim sham* – Dance Prompts: an open source community developed AI choreographer biased for inclusive and accessible movement
BIPED(1999). Choreography by Merce Cunningham. Directed by Charles Atlas. Designers: Shelley Eshkar, Paul Kaiser. Lighting: Aaron Copp. Costumes: Suzanne Gallo. Music: Gavin Bryars. Dancers: Cédric Andrieux, Lisa Boudreau, Thomas Caley, Holley Farmer, Maydelle Fason, Jean Freebury, David Kulick, Koji Mizuta, Matthew Mohr, Banu Ogan, Daniel Squire, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Robert Swinston, Cheryl Therrien. © NADA, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and INA, 2005.
Homemade, Trisha Brown. 1966. 8mm film transferred to high-definition video (color, silent). 3:25 min. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired in part through the generosity of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Sarah Arison, Jody & John Arnhold, and Agnes Gund, 2019. © 2025 Robert Whitman.
Homemade, Trisha Brown. 1966. 8mm film transferred to high-definition video (color, silent). 3:25 min. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired in part through the generosity of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Sarah Arison, Jody & John Arnhold, and Agnes Gund, 2019. © 2025 Robert Whitman.