A ‘Mixed Reality’ Dance Film by Richard James Allen, Karen Pearlman and Gary Hayes.
"new vitality...absorbing", The New York Times
Contents:
Log Line
One Line Synopsis
One Hundred Words Synopsis
One Paragraph Synopsis
Screenings - A Research Journey
Work-in-Progress Screenings - Conferences with Presented Papers
Screenings - Film Festivals
Screenings - Broadcasts
Reviews
Credits
Technical Details for Screening
Log Line:
Physical TV productions bring together the Spiritual, Physical and Technological.
One Line Synopsis:
A busy dancing man takes a nap in two realities.
One Hundred Word Synopsis:
What ideas, images or stories does a mix of the online virtual world technology Second Life and real life dancing ask for? Entanglement Theory proposes the hypothesis that: a mash-up of Vedic spiritual philosophical ideas of multiple states of consciousness, different forms of body, and multi-dimensional realities, along with science fiction-like theories of quantum particle entanglement, can be explored with this mix of media. In other words that the two dancing men, each in their own reality, can meet, by crossing over boundaries of conventionally perceived time and space, and populate each other's performances.
One Paragraph Synopsis:
Entanglement Theory started life as a research project into dance, screen and mixed realities. It began with the question: what ideas, images or stories does a mix of the online virtual world technology Second Life and real life dancing ask for? Practical research by Karen Pearlman and Richard James Allen of Physical TV and Gary Hayes of MUVEDesign began at Critical Path in January 2009 with a range of processes for the mix of Second Life and real life being tested through improvisation and the development of intermedia choreographic ideas. Fragments of that material were then developed by Richard and Karen first into a live work, Do Avatars Dream of Human Sleep?, and subsequently into the screen work, Entanglement Theory, both of which propose the hypothesis that: a mash-up of Vedic spiritual philosophical ideas of multiple states of consciousness, different forms of body, and multi-dimensional realities, along with science fiction-like theories of quantum particle entanglement, can be explored with this mix of media. In other words that the two dancing men, each in their own reality, can meet, by crossing over boundaries of conventionally perceived time and space, and populate each other's performances.
Screenings - A Research Journey
Artistic Directors of the Physical TV Company, Richard James Allen and Karen Pearlman, presented a work-in-progress screening of their latest research production at Dance Shed on June 14, 2009. Following on from their groundbreaking work creating the online immersive world Thursday’s Fictions in Second Life, this new production is the latest in a series of experiments in the potentials for a mix of real life and Second Life dance. This phase has a working title of Entanglement Theory. This research began as part of a Responsive Program research grant from Critical Path in January, 2009. This support was kindly followed by an Ausdance NSW Space Grant at Queen Street Studios and a presentation on Short Sweet + Dance in March of the first stage of this “Mixed Reality” research, the dance and virtual world live and projected dance work Do Avatars Dream of Human Sleep?, which was described by Lynne Lancaster in ArtsHub as “a terrific blended world”.
The underlying questions of the research have been: what can be artistically achieved through engagement of dance with virtual world technologies? What are the themes and ideas asked for by this mix, if any? Is there an affordance for consideration of spiritual themes that this technology is uniquely able to provide? At Dance Shed, Richard and Karen presented a work-in-progress screening and some preliminary thoughts about where they are at with these questions. A more comprehensive presentation of this phase of research took place on September 19, 2009 at SEAM Symposium 2009 Spatial Phases, as one of a number of commissioned local works during this two week international focus on the nexus between architecture, dance and film presented in Sydney by Critical Path in collaboration with the University of Technology, Sydney, and the University of Hertfordshire, UK. The ideas behind the work were then further articulated on Friday October 2, 2009, at the time.transcendence.performance Conference at Monash Univeristy in Melbourne.
The completed Mixed Reality dance film Entanglement Theory has now screened at III Mostra Internacional de Videodança de São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil, on November 25, 2009; and at DANSCAMDANSE 2009 , Ghent, Belgium, between November 26 and 27; 2009. The 35mm film print of the film, generously supported by Deluxe Australia, will have its first screening at New York’s Dance on Camera Festival as part of the animation program on Sunday January 31. Thereafter Entanglement Theory will screen at the 9th Annual U-M Dance on Camera Festival in Michigan between February 20 and 21, 2010 and the San Diego/Tijuana DANCEonFILM Festival between February 24 and 27th, both as part of the Dance on Camera Touring Program; at the Loikka Dance Film Festival in Helsinki, Finland, between March 25 and 27, 2010; and at montage 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa in September 2010. Entanglement Theory has been acquired for four broadcasts on ABC TV in Australia.
Work-in-Progress Screenings - Conferences with Presented Papers
* Acquired for four broadcasts on ABC TV in Australia from 2010
Reviews
Review of Special Animation Event at the Dance on Camera Festival, New York City, January, 2010
“What’s animation? It’s striking here that almost all of these shorts combine cartoons with live-action photography. In the best of these, “Entanglement Theory” (directed by Richard James Allen, Karen Pearlman and Gary Hayes), this mixture gives a new vitality to the dream states that preoccupy so many of the current crop of Dance on Camera filmmakers.
“Entanglement Theory” shows us several main planes of existence: a young man with red hair in realistic, prosaic circumstances; the same man switching into dance activity (sometimes defying gravity); and the cartoon versions of himself, sometimes also dancing….as drama this film is absorbing."
Alastair Macaulay, “When Hippos Are Muses for Choreographers”, The New York Times, January 29, 2010 (online), and January 30, 2010 (in print, page C3 in the Dance)
Credits
Entanglement Theory
A film by Richard James Allen, Karen Pearlman and Gary Hayes
Choreographer and Director Richard James Allen Second Life Artist and Animateur Gary Hayes Editor and Dramaturge/Writer Karen Pearlman Supervising Sound Editor Andrew Plain Composer Fiona Hill
Assistant to the Choreographer Marttaleena Luukkonen
Dancers
Catherine Davies Cloe Fournier Fei Lee Gary Hazlitt Katerina Rajch Kylie Wollongong Lachlan James Bell Marttaleena Luukkonen Rachel Ward Richard James Allen Rory Nagle-Runciman Rui Imizu Sanna Lundström Serena Chalker
Second Life
Second Life Machinimatographer Gary Hayes (SL Gary Hazlitt), MUVEDesign Second Life Found Settings Adam Nash (SL Adam Ramona), NBC Island Gary Hayes (SL Gary Hazlitt)/Physical TV Thursday's Fictions in Second Life, AFTRS Island Second Life Stock Avatar Animations Sine Wave, Abramination Second Life Stock Avatar Design Grendel's Children, June Dion
Live Action
Live Action Cinematographer Devris Hasan Live Action Second Camera Operator Craig Jackson Live Dancers Costume Designer Jacques Tchong Live Action Lighting Designer Larry Kelly Live Action Lighting Operator Dean Stephens Live Action Hair Stylist Anya Goy, Rainbow Hair Colour Stills Photographers Kyle Powderly Christophorus Verheyden Marttaleena Luukkonen
Titles, Grading and Mastering
Titles Design and Animation Tim Richter, SV2 Colourist Lasse Nikkari, Eden Media 35mm Laser Film Recording and Laboratory Services Deluxe Australia
Sound
Sound Editing and Mixing Facility Huzzah Sound Sound Editors Keith McDonagh Megan Wedge Foley Facility Feet ’n Frames Foley Artist John Simpson Foley Recordist Lisa Simpson Re-recording Mixer William Lawlor PrintMaster Deluxe StageOne Sound
Music
Flute and Piccolo Christine Draeger Oboe Rachel Tolmie Clarinet and Bass Clarinet Bobby Dimitrievski Trumpet Raymond Cassar Violin Veronique Serret Cello Rowena Crouch Music Recordist Andrew Covell Music Mixer Geir Brillian Gunnarsson
Supported by
This project was assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Special Thanks to:
Margie Medlin, Katy Coote, Helen Martin, Critical Path Katherine Blashki, Peter Giles, AFTRS
Cathy Murdoch, Larina Hansen, Ausdance NSW Samantha Chester, James Winter, Queen St. Studio Olivia Ansell, Heath Baldwin, Mark Cleary, Short Sweet + Dance Angela Hill, Andre Hayter, Dance Shed Mike Bonenti, Moore Park Gardens Paolo Gnecchi-Ruscone, Junktique Angela Phang, Derrick Ow, Life Source Yoga & Health Prue Fletcher, Stewart Dean, The LaB, Sydney Jan Newland, Eden Media Louise Carney, Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Anthos Simon, Simon Alberry, Nathan Smith, Jan Thornton, Jamie Hediger, Gordon MacPhail, Rebecca Dunn, Catherine Duroux, Deluxe Australia
Warm Thanks to:
Christophorus Verheyden, Jodie McNeilly, Darren Spowart, Carol Dilley, Rachael Brown, Jakub Jacko, Martha Goddard, Anton, Quinnie Wilson, Samantha Payne, Bronwen Whyatt, Antoinette Starkiewicz, Jade Dewi Tyas-Tunggal, David Kermode, Martin Fox, Lorraine Lythall
This film is dedicated to Sharon Gannon, co-founder with David Life of Jivamukti Yoga
See Sharon Gannon's Jivamukti Yoga August 2009 Focus of the Month on the "Panoramic World"
Technical Details for Screening: Screening media: DVD, QT, MiniDV, Betacam SP, or Digital Betacam Standard: PAL or NTSC Duration: 10 minutes (10:16) Number of Cassettes/Disk: 1 Aspect Ratio: 16 x 9 Speed: 25 frames per second Sound: 5.1 or LTRT
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