Second Life Ballet Moves to Real Life!  

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

"Phylogeny" is an original ballet presented with live original music in collaboration with Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis.
Premiere April 22, 2008.

Please Read more on this story after the jump



Animations & Choreography by Inarra Saarinen
Music composed by Douglas Anderson and performed live by IUPUI Telematics Ensemble, Scott Deal conducting
Costumes designed by SavannahAnn McClean, SpiritAvatars by Jakkal Dingo




Set designed by Inarra Saarinen
Set build by Tik Merlin and Mark Cassini
Synopsis: It is the beginning of time. We see beings fly and soar in the air and crawl and tumble on the ground. They are not animals, but humans. Then, as their dance and the mysterious music continues, they transform into bears. Then the bears transform into dragons. Who has evolved from whom? A different view of who was first and phylogeny -- the development of the species.




The PlaceThe universe.




The TimeThe beginning.
The Dancers:




Amelie Dibou (Washington, DC)
Deyna Broek (California)
Neena Botanical (New York City)
Pyper Dollinger (Florida)
Tatiana Kurri (Califorrnia)
Tik Merlin (Portugal)
Vivienne Darcy (Colorado)
The Crew:Espresso Saarinen (Tokyo), roadie
Halden Beaumont (Portugal), machinimatographer
Mariel Voyunicef (Mexico City), photographer
Willis Cassini (Washington DC), sound engineer




Mark Cassini (Minneapolis), Master of Ceremonies




Inarra Saarinen (Tokyo), DirectorFounder and Artistic DirectorSecond Life Ballet




Thanks to IBM for hosting us in our Second Life Ballet Theatre.Special thanks to Kristin Story (Maya Debevec) and Scott Deal of Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis and the other artists and techs there for asking us to join in this exciting venture!Second Life Ballet is a dance company that is exploring the intersection of virtual and physical dance in a virtual world called Second Lifeslballet.org
slballet.blogspot.com
YouTube search "Olmannen"





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