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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