Jonah Bokaer
The Invention of Minus One
Friday & Saturday, Nov. 21 & 22, 2008
8pm
Commissioned by DiverseWorks with Danspace Project and The National Performance Network (NPN)
Making its regional debut, Jonah Bokaer’s Invention of Minus One infuses technology into an exhibition that propels dance and motion-capture techniques into new realms of innovation. While with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Bokaer began using state-of-the-art digital software to develop new movement vocabularies and performance possibilities. Through motion-capture research compiled from a year of epic investigation, Bokaer with his collaborators (video: Michael Cole; costumes: Isaac Mizrahi; sound: Christian Marklay) examines the actual and the virtual, presence and absence. The program will also include False Start, Bokaer's technology-influenced solo homage to Jasper Johns’ renowned painting.
Interested in how Jonah creates his work? Join us for a Dance and Technology workshop Tuesday, Nov 18, 6:30. [details]
Read Nichelle Strzepek's review of The Invention of Minus One on The Dance Advantage.
Read Nancy Wozny's preview of The Invention of Minus One on Dance Source Houston.
Listen to the radio interview with Jonah Bokaer and Bob Stephenson on KUHF's The Front Row.
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