Day 2 and T-3 hours till premiere tonight. As Montzerrat and I walked through the campus of the National University of Colombia this morning, I took photos of some of the graffiti on the buildings. It’s an interesting campus where students really express themselves and it’s evident in the politically charged art everywhere. In the […]
21
Aug
Firsthand Performances
Firsthand Performances was a hybrid live installation and performance at the Encuentro Festival in Bogota, Colombia, realized by Nohemi Montzerrat Contreras and Josephine Dorado. The project explored the fusion of physical and online performance and invited public thoughts on ideas of “performance.” We dressed the space with various and sundry costumes, wigs, and other funky accoutrement […]
11
Apr
what I think is so cool abt Streb’s choreography in ‘Catapult’ is the defiance of gravity-almost an unwillingness to succumb… Posted from: NY, USA Streb’s “action heroes” performing during Catapult, Friday, 10 April 2009 I wish I had had my little Flip cam to catch the action because this image doesn’t quite capture the compelling […]
15
Dec
3×3 / 30×30
3×3 / 30×30 was a mixed reality performance that incorporated live dance and video in Rome and the virtual world Second Life. It was performed as part of the Romaeuropa Festival 2007. Choreographer Paul André Fortier performed his piece 30×30 in which he danced a 30-minute solo everyday, at the same time, for 30 days, […]
15
Dec
ISIM performance with Ione & Pauline Oliveros
ISIM performance with Ione & Pauline Oliveros This performance was a mixed-reality improvisation between performers in the virtual world of Second Life and performers in Real Life at the International Society of Improvised Music (ISIM). ISIM is an interdisciplinary conference that brings together performers, educators, researchers, students and community members from across the world, in an effort […]
06
Aug
RPM’s Remixed
RPM’s Remixed was a telematic, transdisciplinary performance based on remixing Alvin Lucier’s RPM’s score – integrating dance, video and sound improvisation. It was simultaneously performed in New York, Los Angeles, Tampa and Houston. RPM’s Remixed was also invited to perform as part of the ISEA 2006 Festival and ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge. Alvin Lucier, […]
04
Jul
Funk Soup
Funk Soup was a show that featured two acts, “Cyber/Fetish” and “The Funk Soup Collective” which incorporated dance, theater, poetry and dialogue. It was presented at the Off Center Theater (now the Shimberg Playhouse at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts) in 1999. “Cyber/Fetish” was a tongue-in-cheek look at how cyber-reality had begun to permeate […]
18
Mar
Nude Means Naked
Nude Means Naked was a one-act play about the eccentric world of exotic dancing. It was written and performed by Josephine Dorado and Liana Morrison, and was staged at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center (now the Straz Center for the Performing Arts) and the Orlando Fringe Festival ’98.
26
Jun
So-Called Utopia
So-Called Utopia was a collection of spoken word and dance pieces which dealt with the conflict of Asian-American family expectations and closeness, choreographed and written by Josephine Dorado, and presented at the Off Center Theater (now the Shimberg Playhouse at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts) as part of the Florida Dance Festival ’96 and Bending […]
19
Mar
This Is Not a 2+2=4 World
This Is Not a 2+2=4 World was a spoken word and dance piece written and choreographed by Josephine Dorado and performed by Dorado and R. Wesley Kaye. It was presented as part of the Bending Minds with Spoons Festival at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center (now the Straz Center for Performing Arts). In a review in […]
