This
3-DVD set contains edited footage of three panel discussions recorded
at the Alwin Nikolais - Sharing the Legacy Forum hosted by Hunter College
in 2003. The comments of each panelist are organized by topic for easy
access, making this a valuable resource for researching the Nikolais/Louis
philosophy/technique for dance. Panel 1, The First Generation, contextualizes
the early years at the Henry Street Playhouse and includes comments from
six original members of the Nikolais Dance Theatre (Beverly Blossom, Phyllis
Lamhut, Gladys Bailin Stern, Dorothy Vislocky, Murray Louis, Claudia Gitelman).
Panel 2, The Next Generations, includes comments on Nikolais/Louis influences
from the younger generations (Trista Redavid, Alberto del Saz, Gerald
Otte, Lynn Levine, Jeanette Stoner, Tandy Beal, Joan Woodbury). Panel
3, Artistry and Theater Technology, offers rare insight into the technical
wizardry of Nikolais as experienced by those who worked with Nik on production
technologies behind the scenes (Ruth Grauert, George Gracey, Jim Van Abbema,
Tom Caravaglia, John Tomlinson). This product makes an excellent addition
to college and university libraries.
For more information on the Sharing the Legacy Series at Hunter College,
visit:
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/~dance/legacy/alwin.html |
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This DVD includes memoirs from the Nikolais/Louis Legacy Workshop faculty,
including comments by: Ruth Grauert, Gladys Bailin, Phyllis Lamhut, Joan
Woodbury, Shirley Ririe, Claudia Gitelman, Tandy Beal, Tom Caravaglia,
Dianne Markham, Alberto del Saz, Kay Andersen, Simona Bucci, Jon Scoville,
Murray Louis. Content was recorded at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts
Center, Salt Lake City, UT, on July 25, 2006.
For more information on the Nikolais/Louis Legacy Workshops, visit:http://www.ririewoodbury.com/workshop.php
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Aqueous
Myth:Tales of
a Water Planet
is Glenn's newest work. This evening-length production of dance technology
premiered in September of 2005. |
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designing the Nikolais and Louis Costume Collection
CD-ROM. This interactive archive of costume designs by long-time colleague
Frank Garcia will illustrate and document the chronology of repertory by
choreographers Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis. |
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As Technology Director
for the National Center for Choreography at FSU ( 2001-2004), Glenn
was actively involved in dance documentation projects, digital video editing,
DVD-ROM and DVD-Video production, web design, and curriculum development. |
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of 2003 Glenn created and premiered, 30in1out2 Many More while
in residence as guest faculty at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison Dance Program. Thirty dance students participated
in the development of the work which included choreographed, live-feed video.
This technology repertory experience was accompanied by a public presentation
on dance technology. |
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As a continuation of
his ongoing research in dance documentation, Glenn produced the DVD-Video
FSU Dance ON STAGE during the spring of 2003. |
| By request, Glenn created
the solo Portals for MFA candidate Rachael Inman.
The work premiered in the Nancy Smith Fichter Dance Theater in the spring
of 2003 as part of The Red Tent MFA concert. The design of the
production included suspended, swinging props, metal frames on stage, and
two pair of live-feed video cameras and projectors. The video technology
was performed by graduate students in dance who were an integral part of
the work. |
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In collaboration with
Jack Clark and Lynda Davis, Glenn directed the video installation, Dance
Beyond the Stage.This collage of video excerpts illustrated the
emerging art form of dance video at FSU Dance. The selected works investigated
interdisciplinary collaborations between dance, technology in performance,
and video. This installation explored the range of dance technology resources
at FSU that allow students to integrate media studies into the dance experience. |
Originally
choreographed at OSU in 1997, Space, Heat, Light
has been performed at the Choreographers Coast to Coast and MetroDance,
Inc. Concerts in Madison, WI. This dance was restaged on the Jazzworks
Dance Company of Madison, WI in the summer of 2002 and on a company
of undergraduate dancers at FSU in the fall of 2002. Most recently, a
live-feed video element was added to the stage work for a performance
at the Madison Civic Center
in the fall of 2003. |
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Choreographic research
has taken Glenn abroad to the Fondation
d'Art de La Napoule, France, Amsterdam
School of the Arts, Kobe, Japan, and a number of European countries
as a member of the Nikolais and Murray Louis Dance Company. As a visiting
researcher at the Chateau de La Napoule, Glenn collected historical information
and media, which was used in the production of a full evening of multimedia
dance theater, Whistling
Doves. |
Whistling
Doves:
An Evening of Multimedia Dance Theater
was directed and performed by Tim Glenn at The Ohio State University
in January of 1999. The performance, inspired by the life and art of
Henry Clews, Jr., included live performance, projected video, and lighting
design by Bessie Award winner, David
Covey.
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Dance
from the Quill: Reimagining Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock
is a dance documentary DVD-ROM/CD-ROM set. As Technical Director for the
project, Glenn designed and produced the graphical user interface. The interactive
content provides a research and teaching tool, while contextualizing the
creation of an original Baroque-style ballet directed by Ohio State University
Professors, Nena
Couch and Karen
Eliot. |
Multimedia
theater works such as
My Black Umbrella explore the marriage of live performance and
the illusions of technology.The 1998 production design included live performance,
front-projected video, rear-projected slides, and an animated video screen. |
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Interface design for
dance instruction, promotion, and documentation are also a part of Glenn's
research agenda. Performance Technique through Multimedia is an interface
designed for use in the dance technique studio. This database of movement
research is used to support conceptual learning as students engage in the
physical and spiritual experience of a dance class. |
As
Artistic Director of Performance Tech - Tim Glenn and Company,
Glenn has choreographed a broad repertory of modern dance works that have
been performed nationally and internationally. |
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Performance Tech
- Tim Glenn and Company presented its first full evening of modern dance
in February of 1996 in Madison, Wisconsin. |
Glenn has
worked closely with Murray Louis
as Technolology Advisor for the Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance Inc. He
has also worked as a video consultant for the Paul
Taylor Dance Company's Repertory Preservation Project.
Glenn produced
a promotional video for The Suzanne Farrell Ballet to announce
two programs of choreography by George Balanchine to be performed at the Ruby
Diamond Auditorium on the FSU campus in October 2003.
Online
Learning at the FSU Office for Distributed and Distance Learning has included
Glenn in their list of WebStars,
instructors and teaching assistants who use instructional technologies to
enhance their teaching—in the classroom or online.
During
his first semester at FSU, Glenn produced the Days of Dance 2001 Highlights
video. Visit this link to see the streaming video of eighteen dances by FSU
faculty and students featured in the autumn 2001 concert.
SimpleShell
2.0 is an interactive interface designed by Tim Glenn to facilitate
the archiving and display of graphics. Visual images may easily be organized,
stored, and projected to accompany course materials and lectures. This project
has been designed to minimize the programming expertise needed by the user.
This shell may be used as a foundation from which customized presentations
may be developed.
www.timglenn.us
