Hi Sarah,

I am cramming on work today but wanted to take a quick moment to reply.

Some of the age old questions:

why is "interactivity" important. meaning, why is it important that performers manipulate the sound/visuals live from within a work.

does the audience even know it's happening? can they tell? feel it? understand? do they care? is it different in installation when the audience/performer are one in the same?

why is it still a challenge to have video and performers be in the same space together? this, for me, is a matter of composition. dance and video are both visual mediums so they must be cleverly composed for the eye. (i am not against maximalism. troika ranch has been maximal since the beginning)

what are the seminal works in this genre (dance+tech) that have been seen by a larger dance audience? have you seen any of them live?

are the artists making this kind of work today considering themselves as hybrid artists? or are they specialized in a specific métier and bringing their specialities to the work? is there a blending of making or a side by side of making?

that's a few. i will try to follow this thread as best i can in the coming weeks.

thanks for asking and good luck finding the answers for yourself.

all best,
Dawn