Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Movement in the Virtual Body

I'm musing on the following...

How should dancers relate to the avatars they create online via Facebook, blogs, etc. What is our relationship to these electronic bodies? If the electronic has become part of us and is increasingly confused with out physical limits (headsets, bluetooth, computer chips that tell our blood type and criminal record) - how do we dance with it?

What of YouTube choreography? We have the ability now to slice and remix movement (just google Obama dancing). How does this movement of the electronic body affect perception of the organic body?

Comments welcome!