Research paper

The Camera-Dancer Dyad: A Critical, Practical Dialogue of Virtual and Live Studio Methodologies

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The Camera-Dancer Dyad: A Critical, Practical Dialogue of Virtual and Live Studio Methodologies
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Auckland University of Technology
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Tuwhera
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This research project constitutes studio-based inquiry into the benefits of dance collaborators using handheld, lightweight video cameras to develop ‘new’ methods of dance making. To uncover compositional openings, we tested various methods in studio workshops of dancers attaching cameras to their hands or bodies during improvisational tasks. We treated these connections as camera-dancer dyads, in the sense that the camera was seen as a collaborating partner of the dancer. The workshops were ...

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Research paper
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Thesis
Thesis level
Doctoral
Date created
2014
Creator
Nikolai, Jennifer
URL
https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/7933
Related subjects
Practice-based / Video camera choreographic process / Camera dramaturgy / Emergent improvisation

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