Video Space: A Site for Choreography
Leonardo, 2000, v. 33, no. 2, pp. 275-280
Video artist Douglas Rosenberg describes the phenomenon of "video dance," or dance created specifically to be recorded with video technology. The author describes video dance as site-specific work with the site being the space of the video itself. Video dance is not a mere documentation of dance. Instead, the author says that the "architecture" of video, i.e. its technical and aesthetic features, meaningfully contribute to the work.
ITEM 2000.157 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
A Study in Choreography for Camera – Maya Deren
Yellow River (Hwang Ho) – Li Chiao-Ping
Yellow River (Hwang Ho) – Douglas Rosenberg
Juice – Meredith Monk
Needle Brain Lloyd and the Systems Kid – Meredith Monk
Bardo (in extremis) – Douglas Rosenberg
Bardo (in extremis) – Molissa Fenley
Outside In – Margaret Williams
Blue Studio – Merce Cunningham
Wind – Eiko
Wind – Koma
Wind – Douglas Rosenberg
My Grandfather Dances – Anna Halprin
My Grandfather Dances – Douglas Rosenberg
Singing Myself a Lullaby – Ellen Bromberg
Singing Myself a Lullaby – John Henry
Singing Myself a Lullaby – Douglas Rosenberg
Blue Studio – Charles Atlas
Beach Birds for Camera – Elliot Caplan
Points in Space – Merce Cunningham
Points in Space – Elliot Caplan
Beach Birds for Camera – Merce Cunningham
De L'Eau – Douglas Rosenberg
De L'Eau – Li Chiao-Ping
De L'Eau – Tim Glenn