From the hyped- press release:Named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 To Watch” in 2006, award-winning media artist and choreographer Jonah Bokaer debuts the world premiere of his new multi-media dance work The Invention Of Minus One in a co-presentation by Danspace Project and the Abrons Arts Center.
With this full length evening of technology-infused work, Bokaer endeavors to propel dance and motion capture into new realms of innovation. The program opens with False Start, a solo animated, choreographed, and performed by the artist with the use of state-of-the-art digital choreographic software. Bokaer examines the erasure of the moving body and the trace of its presence, while paying homage to Jasper Johns’ renowned painting of the same title. False Start completes a trilogy of solos of similar aesthetic concerns that includes Charade (2006) and Nudedescendance (2005).
The program also features the world premiere of The Invention Of Minus One, an epic investigation resulting from one year of motion capture research on the moving bodies of four dance artists. The Invention Of Minus One is performed by award-winning dancers: Holley Farmer, Rashaun Mitchell, and Banu Ogan. Music by Christian Marclay, virtual décor by Michael Cole, lighting by Aaron Copp, and original costumes by Isaac Mizrahi complement the work.
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