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This site shows how ballet and opera meets technology in its presentation of the art in HD in cinematic form. SpectiCast is a private digital broadcast company focused on distributing unique content for which there is underserved demand. SpectiCast broadcasts live cultural and performing arts and entertainment events never before available to Multi-Viewer Venues TM, including assisted living facilities, independent care facilities, and continuing care retirement communities, for use in their community entertainment spaces.

This is a series of stills from movies, with motion created in gif format.  Definitely not a form of photography that would be possible without computers.

Have you seen my stapler....

This is more about using dance instead of technology to teach a concept. Less about integration but I thought it was pretty awesome.

What leaped to mind was choreographed speech...I enjoyed the dancing, but found it also distracting...still an interesting concept.

The end is kind of hilarious. When he proposes that with all the cuts in ed funding for the arts that you will be able to get dancers super cheap thereby making them a cost effective replacement. :). Some people have loved the dancing and others not so much. I am a dancer and I connected immediately. I thought it was hilarious but it was presented as a way to teach concepts to children and I think the context of live movement is so incredibly effective. I certainly understand a super fluid now. I can only imagine if I had actually danced the concept.

This might be a little out there for some ... but this guy is brilliant. He is using a $2 app on an iphone to do this. Definitely worth a watch.

Very cool!! Creating one's own personal transportable accompaniment...and it was funny.

A new ballet uses video live-stream technology to get two different ballet schools, with students from 18 different ballet schools, in two different parts of the world to create a joint performance at the same time. This is a pretty great experiment and experience for the students. I would say it's a rather unique experience. But maybe it will become the norm?

An interesting article that discusses how more and more people are buying their tickets through mobile services. This is behavior not only seen with younger generations; it's a move all across the board. The hope is that increased easy availability of tickets for sale on mobile devices will increase overall revenue. I guess only time will tell if this holds true. It seems like with the rise of the internet, subscription available performances have seen an increase in single ticket sales but a decrease in subscription based sales.

This is a look at some videos demonstrating live action art exhibits. I like the 'laser cave' installation the most. None of these would be possible without the use of technology.

Is an internet based radio station that is listener supported. Live DJ's do the programming and match the tunes to me similar to one another. But they slide smoothly through many genres in the process. You could start listening and hear "A day in the life" by the Beatles and an hour latter be listening to "Blue on Black" by Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and never be shocked by the transitions of the 15 songs in between.

Yet another dance company using technology to liven up the world of live performance.

I thought this was an interesting intersection between a classic art form and digital technology. The article was written prior to completion but I love the concept of adding a new dimension to the live performance.

Check out the video of the motion capture app. Pretty cool way to take live movement and transform it to the digital medium.

This website has been around since 1997 and the operator is perpetually a 13 year old girl asking about morbid/taboo subjects. It is a piece of art living on a url with an anonymous (group) of moderators. It showcases the responses of people who are threatened, excited and curious about Mouchette. Here is an interview with the founders: http://rhizome.org/editorial/2016/dec/12/a-girl-made-of-language-martine-neddams-mouchette/

I.D.E.A.( for Innovation, Design, Education and Art) is planned to be a community in San Diego that will cater to artists, engineers, scientists, etc. It will be focused on creating new art and technology and will be completely sustainable for living.

This is a recent article from The Atlantic, detailing how art museums are beginning to embrace the inevitability of the smart phone, rather than treat it as a nuisance/hindrance to the museum experience. This includes allowing patrons to map out their destinations using GPS, so they have a virtual guided tour. Museum-goers can also ask live questions to curators via their cell phones, as they peruse the artwork. Read on for more cool information regarding the future of technology in museums.

On U2's 2015 tour, the jem of their stage was the "video cage"; two massive video boards spanning the length of their two stages (linked by a walkway). Whether you are a U2 fan or not, the stage is pretty remarkable. A clip of the screen in action can be found here (start at the 3:30 minute point): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YylDq4BlkRI

I think this is such a very interesting intersection between live theatre and multi-media.

I visit Playbill daily. It is like the New York Times for all things happening in theatre, particularly in NYC. Now that I no longer live there, this helps me stay current on my business.

I love the integration of technology with theater and dance. Liz Lerman in her Genome Project for Dance Exchange integrated dancers with projected images...it was very effective.

I do too. The interaction between the live and the pre-determined is very interesting to me. It also creates an interesting depth to the performance space.

Digital signage, in conjunction with traditional artistic media, and standing alone, may be the next emerging new media for artists.