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Aqueous
Myth
The
Contributing Artists
The
Creative Process
The
Final Product
The
World Premiere
Program
Credits
Acknowledgments
Special
Thanks
Notes
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"Dance...going digital
with an aqueous edge...undergoing a miraculous film-enhanced facelift, this
age-old art has never looked so modern."
The Chattanooga
Pulse
Aqueous Myth:
Tales of a Water Planet is foremost an interdisciplinary, collaborative
process that culminates in an original, evening-length production of dance
and technology, a synthesis of media and motion that explores human experience
in relation to water. Unified by a liquid theme, consecutive vignettes
explore contrasting approaches to expression through the moving body partnered
by illusionary projection designs in an ever-changing, mediated atmosphere
of reflective surfaces. A seamless blending of production elements results
in an intrinsic work of total theater that undeniably acknowledges the
mentorship of Alwin Nikolais. As an innate element of the production,
digital video is used as both choreographic tool and illumination of landscape
and architecture, yet attention to the use of technology is minimized
and emphasis is given to the fusion of elements united to create an integrated
whole.
The episodic nature of the work offers the potential for involvement from
a large team of creative artists. A number of choreographers will contribute
movement vocabulary for the work through a number of movement translation
techniques including video, dance notation, direct interaction, verbal
description, and coaching through internet performance conferencing. An
original sound score for the piece will be the result of a collaborative
process including the talents of a number of composers, orchestrated by
a sound designer.
With audience accessibility in mind, an extensive array of movement and
musical genres will be interwoven into the work, engaging an expansive
gamut of viewers. The all-encompassing evening of dance maintains curiosity
and attentiveness through its continuum of contrasting approaches to the
marriage of dance and technology. A spectrum of relationships between
moving images results in wide-ranging responses, blurring perceptions
of reality, leaving an audience of onlookers wide-eyed and assiduously
attentive.
Narrated from an objective, futuristic point of view, Aqueous Myth abstractly
encompasses a humanitarian message through the tale of a once-existent
world, dependent on water. It explores, both pleasures associated with
water, and the devastation of extinction due to evaporation and misuse
of this valuable resource. The work addresses issues of wildlife preservation,
specifically endangered aquatic species, as documentary images are interwoven
into the content of the work. An underlying warning suggests the need
for awareness and exposure to the currently threatened population of wild
dolphins, whales, manatees, and sea turtles.
The spectacle of total theater, experienced live within the Nancy Smith
Fichter Dance Theatre on the Florida State University campus in Tallahassee,
is to be archived and shared live on the internet with members of Internet2,
a consortium of over two-hundred universities working in partnership with
industry, academia, and government.
From raindrop to the oceanic depths, Aqueous Myth is a kinetic voyage
through the annals of aquatic evolution unveiled in a multifaceted composition
of live, dimensional cinema. Fables of a liquid planet chronicled through
the synergy of motion, set design, original surround sound score, and
projected video challenge the senses to reconsider the definition of dance
theater, the product of a Modernist creating in a Post Post-Modern world.
Program
Prelude to Aqueous Myth
Composer: Tim Glenn
Vocalist: Holly Matyas
Audio Engineer: Jeffrey Rolf
Aqueous Myth (Theme I)
Choreographer: Tim Glenn
Composer: Rob Eisenberg
Original Theme: Jeffrey Rolf
Recording Engineer: Jeffrey Rolf
Performer: Justin Kahan
Deck Crew: Lauren
Birnbaum, Brittany Brindel,
Kristin
Campbell, Renee Frangione, Kelly Hauck, Meghan
Keeran, Jessica Pizer
Deck Crew Understudy: Brittany Sellers
Voyage
Choreographer: Tim Glenn
Composers: Jeffrey Rolf & Tim Glenn
Recording Engineer: Jeffrey Rolf
Vocalist: Holly Matyas
Performers: Terence Duncan, Douglas Gillespie, Katie Weir, Courtney Whittemore
Voyage is inspired by the 1953 choreography, Aqueoscape, by Alwin
Nikolais. This section was coached by Murray Louis in December 2004.
Video
Interlude I
Video
Designer: Chris Cameron
Composer: Tim Glenn
Anemones
Choreographer: Tim Glenn
Composer: Sergi Rachmaninov
Pianist: Giacomo Battarino
Performers: Rebecca Bliss, Sarah
Jacobs, Mayela G. Mathews, Christina
Morris, Mariola Rodriguez, Shelley
Walker,
Tamara Williams
Understudies: Lauren Birnbaum, Monifa Suber
Clownfish
Choreographer: Lindsay Meeks
Performer: Lindsay Meeks
Composer: Tim Glenn
Video
Interlude II
Video
Designer: Chris Cameron
Composer: Tim Glenn
Storm
Choreographers: Tim Glenn, Lindsay Meeks, and dancers
Composer/Pianist: Giacomo Battarino
Recording Engineer: Jeffrey Rolf
Performers: Rebecca
Bliss, Jason Giles,
Sarah Jacobs, Justin
Kahan, Mayela G. Mathews, Lindsay
Meeks, Heather
Seagraves, Tamara Williams
Goldie I
Choreographers: Karen Bell & Tim Glenn
Composer: Tim Glenn
Performer: Karen Bell
Video
Interlude III
Video
Designer: Chris Cameron
Composer: Tim Glenn
Jellyfish I
Choreographer/Composer: Tim Glenn
Recording Engineer: Jeffrey Rolf
Performers:
Natasha
Barreda, Desiree Betancourt, Brittany Brindel, Kristin Campbell, Renee
Frangione, Amanda Gates, Vanesa
Giannini, Holly Gooch, Kelly Hauk, Laura
Howard, Meghan Keeran,
Robert Kendall, Lauren Lipnick, Kimberly McFarlane, Maria
Montanez, Christina Perez, C.J. Perry, Jessica Pizer, Jennifer Santoro,
Monifa Suber, Shelley Walker
Understudy: Brittany Sellers
Rehearsal Assistant: Jason Gomez
Nautiloids
Choreographer: Anthony Morgan
Composer: Ted Kalmon
Musicians: Douglas Corbin, John O'Neal
Performers: Jennifer Davis or Whitney Earnhardt, Terence Duncan
Jellyfish II
Choreographer/Composer: Tim Glenn
Recording Engineer: Jeffrey Rolf
Performers:
Natasha
Barreda, Desiree Betancourt, Brittany Brindel, Kristin Campbell, Renee
Frangione, Amanda Gates, Vanesa
Giannini, Holly Gooch, Kelly Hauk, Laura
Howard, Meghan Keeran,
Robert Kendall, Lauren Lipnick, Kimberly McFarlane, Maria
Montanez, Christina Perez, C.J. Perry, Jessica Pizer, Jennifer Santoro,
Monifa Suber,Shelley Walker
Understudy:
Brittany Sellers
Rehearsal Assistant: Jason Gomez
Mermaids
Choreographer: Alberto del Saz
Composer: Alwin Nikolais
Performers: Jason Giles, Mayela G. Mathews, Curtis
Schroeger, Sarah Stockman, Katie Weir, Marko
Westwood, Ruka White, Tamara Williams
Understudy: Sarah Jacobs
Video
Interlude IV
Video
Designer: Chris Cameron
Composer: Tim Glenn
Hatch
Choreographer: Wallie Wolfgruber
Composer: Franz Schubert
Pianist: Giacomo Battarino
Performer: Beatrice Corbin
Waterbirds
Choreographer: Rick McCullough
Composer: Mark Wingate
Performers: Mayela G. Mathews,
Holly Matyas, Heather Seagraves, Sarah Stockman
Goldie II
Choreographers: Karen Bell &
Tim Glenn
Composer: Tim Glenn
Performer: Karen Bell
Video
Interlude V
Video
Designer: Chris Cameron
Composer: Tim Glenn
Rain
Choreographer/Composer: Tim Glenn
Recording Engineer: Jeffrey Rolf
Performers: Terence Duncan, Douglas Gillespie, Katie Weir, Courtney Whittemore
Understudies: Amanda Gates, Laura Howard, Meghan Keeran
Video
Interlude VI
Video
Designer: Chris Cameron
Composer: Tim Glenn
Drip
Choreographer: Tim Glenn
Composer: Mark Wingate
Performers: Sarah Asprinio, Whitney Earnhardt, Mayela G. Mathews, C.J.
Perry, Nicole Romano, Caroline Smith, Amanda Treiber, Shelley Walker
Understudy: Amanda Gates
Goldie III
Choreographers: Karen Bell &
Tim Glenn
Composer: Tim Glenn
Performer: Karen Bell
Splash
Choreographer: Tim Glenn
Composer: Mark Wingate
Performers: Sarah
Asprinio, Whitney Earnhardt, Mayela Garza Mathews, C.J. Perry, Nicole
Romano, Caroline Smith, Amanda Treiber, Shelley Walker
Understudy: Amanda Gates
Goldie
IV
Choreographers: Karen Bell &
Tim Glenn
Composer: Tim Glenn
Performer: Karen Bell
Ice
Choreographer:
Tim Glenn
Composers: Michael Strickland & Jeffrey Rolf
Recording Engineers: Michael Strickland & Jeffrey Rolf
Performers: Amanda
Gates, Doug Gillespie, Merrick Hinterscher,
Mandy Jessen, Justin Kahan, Holly Matyas, Curtis Schroeger, Heather Seagraves,
Sarah Stockman
Understudies: Laura Howard,
Meghan Keeran
Vapor
Choreographers: Tim Glenn & Lindsay Meeks
Composers: Tim Glenn & Jeffrey Rolf
Vocalist: Holly Matyas
Recording Engineer & Musician: Jeffrey Rolf
Performers: Amanda
Gates, Doug Gillespie, Merrick Hinterscher,
Mandy Jessen, Justin Kahan, Holly Matyas, Curtis Schroeger, Heather Seagraves,
Sarah Stockman,
and Company
Understudies: Laura Howard,
Meghan Keeran
Aqueous Myth (Theme II)
Choreographer: Tim Glenn
Composer: Rob Eisenberg
Original Theme: Jeffrey Rolf
Recording Engineer: Jeffrey Rolf
Performer: Justin Kahan
Postlude to Aqueous Myth
Composer: Tim Glenn
Credits
Director/Projection Designer/Set Designer:
Tim Glenn
Costume Designer: Ann Todd
(except Jellyfish and Goldie, which were costumed by the choreographers
and performers, and the Prelude figurehead designed and constructed by
Tim Glenn)
Lighting Designer: J. Russell Sandifer
Projectionists/Live-feed Videographers: Chris Cameron & Meghan Keeran
Deck Crew: Lauren Birnbaum, Brittany Brindel, Chris Cameron, Kristin Campbell,
Renee Frangione, Kelly Hauck, Meghan Keeran, Jessica Pizer
Music Director/Recording Engineer: Jeffrey Rolf
Networking/Broadcast Engineers: Kelly Gottesman & Marc Ray
Video Artists/Technologists: Chris Cameron, Tim Glenn, Kelly Gottesman,
Marc Ray
Contributing Musicians: Giacomo Battarino, Laura Cable, Douglas Corbin,
Tim Glenn, Holly Matyas, John O'Neal, Jeffrey Rolf,
Michael Strickland, Mark Wingate
Surround Sound Consultant: Mark Wingate
Production Stage Manager: Jennifer Shepherd
Production Supervisor: Russell Marsh
Assistant Stage Manager: Lindsay Wood
Light Board Operator: Ashley Sholtes
House Manager: Rebecca Strickland
Stage Hands: Jamie Blassy, Meredith Blouin, Alyson Dolan, Kari Gonthier,
Kat Hall, Jade Poole, Jennia Plinke, Chelsea Rodriguez,
Stephanie Mas, Mallory Starling
Costume Manager: Currie Leggoe
Dressers: Jamie Kight, Allison Shir
Publicist: Joyce Straub
Documentation Director: Marc Ray
Documentation Crew: Kevin R. Deyo, Inc., Marc Ray, José Ramos,
Dave Simpson
Writing Consultant: Brandy T. Wilson
Hair and Make-up Artists: Erin Hickey & Mikki Whaley
Project Assistant: Sarah Jacobs
Acknowledgments
FSU Department of Dance
Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC)
Sally McRorie, Dean, FSU College of Visual Arts and Dance
Libby Patenaude, Chair, FSU Department of Dance
Jennifer S. B. Calienes, Director, MANCC
Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance, Inc.
Sprint
Friends of Dance
Internet2
FSU Office for Distributed and Distance Learning
FSU Digital Media Production Group
Academic Computing and Network Services
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
The Tallahassee Ballet
University of Wisconsin-Madison Dance Program
Seaside Music Theater
The Ohio State University College of the Arts, Department of Dance,
and Dance Notation Bureau Extension
Duane De Freese, Chairman, Hubb-SeaWorld Research Institute
Seven Days of Opening Nights
Hair on Earth
Special Thanks
J. Russell Sandifer, Marc Ray, Jeffrey
Rolf, Kelly Gottesman, Russ Marsh,
Jennifer Shepherd, Ann Todd, Karen Bell, Anthony Morgan, Rick McCullough,
Wallie Wolfgruber, Alberto del Saz, Lindsay Meeks, Gary Zirin, Sarah Jacobs,
Dan Wagoner, Holly Bennett, Anna Singleton, Sarah McCusker, Murray Louis,
James & Barbara Glenn, Joyce Straub, Carmen Braswell-Butler,
Joanna Southerland, Currie Leggoe, Lisa Corp, Terence Duncan, James Mitchell,
Lauren Ashburn, Kathryn Cashin, Christina Paolucci, Mark Hinson, Tom Welsh,
Kurt Moore, Dionne M. Gonzales, Karen McShane-Hellenbrand, Franko Galoso,
Jacqueline L. Fauls, C. Kent Whittington, Doug Nowacek, Claudia Melrose,
Victoria Uris, Ann Doyle, Caroline McKeon, Sheila Marion, Robin Blanton,
Patti Link-Cawood
Original Cast of Anemones: Wallis Cain, Emily Chapo, Brittany Cotton,
Priscilla
Givens, Kayleigh Greif, Lauren Lopez, Bryson
May, Maureen Rossmeisl, Shelley Walker
Original Cast of Jellyfish: Erin Bermingham, Catherine Bonney, Amanda
Davis, Kristina Detwiler, Eileen Eder-Moreau, Tierney Endres, Katie Gorenc,
Vanessa Hansen, Alexandra Harrill, Victoria Higgins, Katie Laiter, Lindsay
Lobner, Kristen Mills, Jessica Pack, Monica Paulson, Haley Pangman, Jaimi
Porasik, Jessica Richter, Ilana Seidman, Cecily Shiel, Laura Sniegowski,
Lexie Starrett, Megan Turski, Chandra Uber
FSU Dancers Contributing to Early Choreographic and Technological Development:
Meredith Blouin, Jennifer Davis, Douglas Gillespie, Jason Gomez,
Phoebe Halkowich, Mary Heller, Elizabeth Higgins, Dorian Holmes, Andrew
Howard, Rachael Inman, Mandy Jessen, Laura Keys, Carla Lester, Lauren
Lipnick,
Mayela G. Mathews, Holly Matyas, Cate Mease, Celeste Riccardi,
Heather Seagraves, Brittany Sellers, Kathleen Wessel, Marko Westwood,
Latika Young
Notes
- Voyage was inspired by the 1953 choreography,
Aqueouscape, by Alwin Nikolais. Choreographic development involved the
use of documentary photos, courtesy of the Nikolais/Louis Foundation for
Dance. Voyage was coached by Murray Louis, based on his memory as an original
performer of Aqueouscape.
- Anemones was first commissioned and performed by The Tallahassee Ballet
for the 2004 production of Evening of Music and Dance. Anemones costumes
are courtesy of The Tallahassee Ballet.
- The original draft of Jellyfish was created at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s
2004 Dance Millennium summer dance camp directed by Karen McShane-Hellenbrand.
Tonight’s Jellyfish I & II were developed as part of the FSU
Choreography/Repertory course designed for the General Studies Program.
Fifteen performers in this piece are non-majors.
- Waterbirds began as a choreographic work by the late Carrie Houser during
the summer of 2004. Rick McCullough graciously embraced the project and
made it his own, utilizing original movement material created by Houser.
- Choreographers Claudia Melrose (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Anthony
Morgan (FSU), and Victoria Uris (The Ohio State University) provided access
to notation scores and media documentation of their water-related dances
for use in a choreographic/process exercise that influenced various sections
of this project.
- Research and media collection sites included: Florida Aquarium, Mote
Aquarium, Tennessee Aquarium, Gulf Coast from Pensacola to Sarasota, SeaWorld,
Fountains of Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance
Archives, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Archive, FreeStockFootage.com,
Landis Fountain, Montgomery Pool, Lighting Dimensions International Conference
- Technologies: Apple Final Cut Pro HD, Apple DVD Studio Pro, Adobe Photoshop
CS, LiveType, Compressor, SFX Pro-Audio/Show Control, Edje 1013 MPEG Players,
Layla 24, MPEG2Works, Cisco Network Switch, S-Video to CAT 5 Balnuns,
Quicktime Broadcaster, Quicktime Streaming Server, DVTS, Videonics DV-MX
Pro Mixer, Digidesign 192 I/O, Digidesign Octopre Preamplifier, Waves
Platinum TDM Plugins, Control 24 Control Surface, Earth Works QTC1 Microphones,
Røde NT5 Microphones, AKG 414 BULS Microphones, Audio Technica
AT4050/CM5 Microphones, Sound Ideas Sound Effects Libraries, Sony Acid
Pro 4.0 and Loop Libraries, Steinberg Wavelab 5.0 Pro, Alesis QS 8.2 Synthesizer,
Tascam Gigasampler 160, ISACT Surround Software, Yamaha C7 Studio Grand
Piano, Samson RH-100 Headphones, Digidesign Digidrive Recording Drive,
Glyph Recording Drives, Mackie HR824 Speaker Monitors, Samson S-phone
Headphone Amp, Neutrik NYS-SPP-L Patch Bays
- Some aquatic video sources courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission. Other sources secured from FreeStockFootge.com.
- Seventeen audio compositions were created in the FSU Dance Music Resource
Center.
- A number of sections of Aqueous Myth are performed in surround sound.
Additional audio equipment provided by Dr. Mark Wingate, FSU College of
Music.
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