Interactive Kiosk Celebrates 75 Years Of Dance
From Connie Lester, Redfern:
“Dance on Film: An Interactive Touring Kiosk,” a traveling installation featuring video clips of dance performances over the past 75 years at Jacob’s Pillow, is located in the lobby of the Redfern Arts Center and available to the public September 10 through October 1, Monday through Friday, 12 to 5 p.m.
The video clips feature modern dance pioneering figures, including Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Denis, José Limón, and Merce Cunningham, and contemporaries such as Tero Saarinen, Black Grace, Doug Varone, Judith Jamison, and others, and are approximately one minute long, accompanied by descriptive text. Clips can be chosen by name, genre (ballet, modern, non-Western, etc.), or era. Viewers may also test their knowledge with a fun guessing function. There are two sets of headphones as well as speakers, so the kiosk may be used silently or enjoyed by small groups to view and listen together.
The lecture kiosk was made possible with support from the New England Foundation for the Arts, the American Masterpieces Initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Redfern Arts Center. For more information, call 8-2162.
