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As the sparks fly upwards...

As the sparks fly upwards... is really on it's way now. The piece, which uses Isadora to bring live dancers and film clips together, had it's first showing last Friday with very positive results.

Lights are attached to dancers' bodies which are then tracked in the space by a camera and used by Isadora to trigger specific pre-recorded film clips. The movement is the same for the live and filmed dancers but the order is completely different. Sometimes in unison, sometimes in canon,… Continue

Added by Susan Elena on June 29, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

Interact with us

FireBox will be spending next week at the UK Theatre School courtesy of the Dance House working on new material for an interactive dance performance. The exciting part is...

that as well as being able to watch the FireBox dancers performing, you will also be able to get involved and get interacting with the piece. Don't worry you don't need to dance if you don't want to, you just have to be willing to hold a light and move around the room. Easy.

Come along on Friday 20th… Continue

Added by Susan Elena on June 13, 2008 at 12:18pm — No Comments

The Practice Room, The Poles and The Paper

It's been a busy time for FireBox recently with a few breakthroughs in terms of my degree project, the first draft of my masters due in and working on a dance film with some contemporary/pole dancers.

Isadora is starting to behave herself in the Practice Room at The Arches just in time for my Dance House creative lab at the UK theatre school next week. I've got nice LED lights to use as a trigger and the dancers have been working on some great sequences that will be used as the basis… Continue

Added by Susan Elena on June 11, 2008 at 7:00am — No Comments

Mini Makeover

The FireBox website has had a mini makeover this weekend with slicker page views and online videos. I'm trying to monitor how quickly the videos are streaming on different browsers and connections so please let me know what you think of the waiting time. The videos will open up in a new page so feel free to browse through the rest of the site while you're waiting.

www.fireboxdancetheatre.co.uk

Added by Susan Elena on April 20, 2008 at 3:07pm — No Comments

These Things Happen

These Things Happen when three dancers and one dancer/film maker follow instructions given by choreographer, Angus Balbernie at a Dance House research lab. Spontaneous, textured and very low-tech.

Following another failed attempt to hire any equipment I ended up using my own Mini DV and mobile to film improvisations at Angus' research lab. Angus had agreed to let me use the footage anyway I decided but I wasn't sure how to put it all together with it being on different formats and… Continue

Added by Susan Elena on March 12, 2008 at 7:44am — No Comments

Lights, Camera, Action!

After a successful day in The Arches playing with torches and taking photographs I knew it could turn into something really exciting but didn't really know what. I had thought After Effects would be the answer but after missing the workshop due to the Scottish Dance Theatre work I was back to square one.

Enter Isadora.

Perfect for working with torches. I can have dancers moving with lights in the space and create the trails of light which I have been obsessed with for a… Continue

Added by Susan Elena on March 12, 2008 at 7:40am — No Comments

Dark Matter at Montage

I'm very pleased to announce that Dark Matter has been selected to be screened as part of the Montage Video Dance Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa this weekend. Unfortunately I can't be there so if you're in the area, pop in and let me know how it goes.

Added by Susan Elena on February 23, 2008 at 12:59pm — 1 Comment

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