[0xff] Troika Ranch - Live-I Workshop - Deadline Mar 15

[Mark Coniglio]

Hi there.... The application deadline for this Troika Ranch's June 
Live-I Workshops is March 15th, and there are still some slots open. 
We'd be grateful if you could pass this information on to anyone you 
think might find it of interest.

Best Wishes,
Mark Coniglio

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Troika Ranch Live-I Workshops 2004
       Brooklyn, New York / USA

   June 7 - 11 / June 14-18, 2004

http://troikaranch.org/livei.html

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First Week - Software / Sensors / Technology - June 7-11 2004, 10am - 4pm
Second Week - Aesthetics and Creative Expression - June 14-18 2003, 10am - 4pm

Application Deadline: March 15th, 2004
Notification of Acceptance: March 22nd, 2004
Payment Due: April 5th, 2004

New York City based dance theater company Troika Ranch will present 
its Live-Interactive (Live-I) Workshop, an intensive seminar for 
artists and advanced students who want to explore the use of 
interactive computer technology in the creation and performance of 
dance, theater, installation, and related live artworks. The workshop 
will take place from June 7-18, 2004 at Williamsburg Arts Nexus (WAX) 
in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, one subway stop from Manhattan. 
Application deadline for the workshop is March 15th, 2004.

Led by composer/media artist Mark Coniglio and choreographer Dawn 
Stoppiello, Artistic Co-Directors of Troika Ranch 
(http://www.troikaranch.org), the Live-I Workshop allows students to 
explore strategies and techniques for combining interactive digital 
media and live performance. Participants will learn to use software 
and hardware that links their gestures and vocalizations to 
interactively controlled video, sound, light and other digital media, 
leading to the creation of a short study over the course of the 
workshop. This hands on aspect will be complimented by an 
introduction to the aesthetic and compositional concerns that arise 
when using interactive digital tools, including critical discussions 
about how the technology itself shapes the form and content of an 
artwork.

Students will learn Isadora® 
(http://www.troikatronix.com/isadora.html) as the primary software 
tool for authoring, though they are welcome to bring other software 
(MAX, NATO, etc.) if they are comfortable in those environments and 
can bring their own copy. (Please let us know if you plan to do 
this.) In all cases, participants will learn what is necessary to 
create their studies during the workshop: basic programming skills, 
video and audio capture, and how to manipulate the media with 
software.

We will be selecting ten participants for each workshop. The 
application deadline is March 15th. You will be notified of your 
acceptance no later than one week after the deadline.

To apply, please send or email Troika Ranch (see contact information 
below) one paragraph explaining why you are interested in attending 
the workshop and one paragraph describing the kind of work that you 
make. You should also briefly tell us about your level of expertise 
with computers. Please include your name, address, telephone number 
and email address.

Participants may choose to attend only the first week. Those who have 
attended a past Live-I Workshop may attend only the second. If you 
plan to attend the first or second week only, the cost is US$400. If 
you plan to attend both, the cost is US$800.

NOTE: It is recommended that you bring your own laptop computer (Mac 
or PC) if possible. We have a limited number of computers for use by 
the workshop participants. If you cannot bring your own computer, you 
may be required to share a computer with one other participant. In 
addition, if you can bring a digital video camera, you will find it 
useful. If you are able to bring your own computer, please let us 
know the type, speed, and whether or not it has a FireWire (aka 
iLink) port.

For further details, please visit:

   http://www.troikaranch.org/livei.html

Or, if you have questions, please email us at:

   mailto:workshop at troikaranch.org

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About Mark Coniglio, Dawn Stoppiello and Troika Ranch
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Dubbed "interactive performance pioneers" by the New York Times and 
"multimedia mavericks" by the Village Voice, composer Mark Coniglio 
and choreographer Dawn Stoppiello founded Troika Ranch in 1994 to 
create works that fuse traditional elements of dance, music and 
theater with interactive computer technology and media.Their recent 
evening length work "Future of Memory" was awarded the Time Out New 
York Dance Audience Award at the 2003 Downtown Dance and Performance 
("Bessie") Awards in New York City.

Troika Ranch has performed throughout the United States and Europe, 
at venues including  Monaco Dance Forum, Monte Carlo, Monaco, The 
Duke on 42nd Street, The Kitchen and Joyce Soho, all in New York 
City; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Art and 
Culture Center of Hollywood Florida, among others.

They have taught the Live-I Workshop at numerous institutions in the 
United States and abroad. European hosts have included Contredanse 
(Brussels, Belgium), FACT (Liverpool, England), and Dartington 
College (Devon, England). In North America, the workshop has been 
taught at Brown University, Oberlin College, University of Maryland, 
the Santa Fe Art Institute, and InterAccess in Toronto.

Coniglio and Stoppiello both received their degrees from California 
Institute of the Arts, where Coniglio was a student of electronic 
music pioneer Morton Subotnick. After graduating, Stoppiello danced 
professionally for the Bella Lewitzky Dance Company. Coniglio has 
taught Interactive Music Composition at CalArts and New York 
University and Stoppiello has taught on the dance faculties of Loyola 
Marymount University, Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts, and 
Universtiy of Maryland, Baltimore County.

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Application & Contact Information
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Mark Coniglio and Dawn Stoppiello
Troika Ranch
321 Graham Ave. #4R
Brooklyn, NY 11211
voice: +1.718.218.6775
fax: +1.718.218.8135
email: mailto:workshop at troikaranch.org
web: http://www.troikaranch.org

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Mark Coniglio, Artistic Co-Director | mark at troikaranch.org
Troika Ranch Dance Theater          | http://www.troikaranch.org
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