If this is Tympani, it sounds like it is a part of Dean's Skylight. I am a member of Repertory Dance Theatre in Salt Lake City and we are currently restaging this work. A wonderful work, the section we call the tymps is one of 5 or 6 sections. Mike Eger eger6@juno.com On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:36:14 -0800 (PST) Iris Garland <garland@sfu.ca> writes: > Do you refer to Laura Dean? Tympani? > > Check out the book: > > Anne Livet. Contemporary Dance. NY: Abbeville Press, Inc, 1978. > Includes > some drawings/sketches made by the choreographers: Trisha Brown, > Laura > Dean, Lucinda Childs, who all used geometrical > patterning/formalistic > structures in their work in the 70's. > > Iris > > >Excused my ingnorance in the fact that the artist's name escapes my > memory > >right at this moment but the innovator and creator of the piece > entitled > >"Timp" would also be another noted figure to research. I believe > >Terpsichore in Sneakers talks about her as well. She was noted for > >designing pieces based on geometry paterns and mathematics. Also, > there is > >an artist in Washington DC that I know very well, who has created a > whole > >program in Dance and Mathematics. If you contact me directly at > >antoninl@dyncorp.com and I can refer you to her. > > > >Hope this helps and maybe someone can reply to the list who knows > who I am > >talking about above and can jog my mind or refresh my memory on the > artist's > >name. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Doug Rosenberg [mailto:rosend@education.wisc.edu] > >Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 9:02 PM > >To: dance-tech@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu > >Subject: Re: Dance for camera symposium > > > > > >Check out work from the 1960's and 70's including Trisha Brown and > >Twyla Tharp. See Sally Banes' "Terpsichore in Sneakers" for > starters. > >Doug > > > ><<< Jessi Reck <JSSLRCK@otterbein.edu> 2/15 4:13p >>> > >I just have a question, maybe you can help me. I am doing a > project > >about how Mathematics is used in Dance. Do you know of any web > sites > >or > >books I can use to do my research?? > >Thanks for your time, > >Jessi > > > > > >Doug Rosenberg wrote: > > > >> The dance For Camera Symposium has concluded and you can find the > >> webcast archive at: > >> > >> Webcast address: > >> http://www.education.wisc.edu/dance/new/camera.html > >> > >> The entire proceedings are available at this site and will be a > >> permanent archive for teaching, research etc. The texts of all > >> presentations will be published in the near future as well. > >> Doug > > > Iris Garland > Professor of Dance > School for the Contemporary Arts > Simon Fraser University > Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 > CANADA > > FAX: (604) 291-5907 > > http://www.sfu.ca/sca > >
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