Flatland 2.0
- When?
- Tuesday 19 June 2012, 19.30 to Wednesday 20 June 2012
- Where?
- Ivy Arts Centre
- Open to:
- Public, Staff, Students
- Admission price:
- £6, £3 University staff, students and concessions
- Tickets:
- Tickets are available from the University Box Office: T: 01483 686876, E: boxoffice@surrey.ac.uk
Inspired by E A Abbott's 1884 novella Flatland, the classic science and mathematical fiction.
Devised and conceived by a cross-disciplinary research team from Mathematics, Computing and Dance Studies, this performance involves three dance sequences formed around movements in points (stillnesses), lines (directional movement) and 2D/3D shapes, representing the dialogue and life-worlds of the characters in Abbott's novella.
The specially designed performance space features multi-layered screening and interactive digital motion capture technology. Featuring dance solos and duets this digital performance invites the audience to reflect on movement in terms of a journey through dimensions of space and the senses (vision / sound) and an exploration of movement through audiovisual points, lines, and solid three dimensional shapes (bodies); a journey that takes us forward and back from 1 to 3 Dimensional movement.
Produced by Dance Studies (EPSRC Grant: Visualising Motion in 3+D)
Principal Investigator: Professor Rachel Fensham
Project Research Assistants: Nicolas Salazar-Sutil and Nina Kov
Devised by: C8 Project
C8 Director: Nicolas Salazar-Sutil
Mathematical consultant: Professor Mark Roberts
Sound and Software design: Max Worgan
Media Design: Sebastian Melo
Choreography: Sarah Rogers and Nina Kov