Research Catalog

Title

Improvisation technologies [interactive multimedia] : a tool for the analytical dance eye / a CD-ROM by William Forsythe ... [et al.]

Author

Forsythe, William, 1949-

Publication

Karlsruhe : produced at ZKM Karlsruhe : distribution Hatje Cantz Verlag, 1999.

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Additional Authors

• Sulcas, Roslyn.
• Shaw, Jeffrey.
• Peter, Frank-Manuel.
• Thorausch, Thomas.
• Sommer, Astrid.
• Haffner, Nik.
• Kuchelmeister, Volker.
• Mohr, Yvonne.
• Ziegler, Christian.
• Zentrum für Kunst un Medientechnologie Karlsruhe.
• Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln.

Description

1 computer laser optical disc : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in. +

Series Statement

Tanzdokumente digital ; 2

Alternative Title

William Forsythe, improvisation technologies

Subject

• Forsythe, William, 1949-
• Bürkle, Christine
• Gelber, Noah
• McManus, Thomas
• Pite, Crystal
• Choreography > Computer files
• Improvisation in dance > Computer files

Note

• ZKM digital arts edition, special issue, CD-ROM Mac/PC.
• A co-publication of Zentrum für Kunst un Medientechnologie Karlsruhe and Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln, SK Stiftung Kultur.
• Spoken text on CD-ROM in English; printed text of user's manual in English and German; text display on CD-ROM in English and German.
• Recorded at Frankfurt Ballet, 1994 and 1998.

Credits (note)

• A CD-ROM by William Forsythe, Nik Haffner, Volker Kuchelmeister, Yvonne Mohr, Astrid Sommer and Christian Ziegler ; decoding and structuring, Nik Haffner ; design and graphics, Christian Ziegler ; programming and CD-ROM mastering, Volker Kuchelmeister ; video editing and graphics, Yvonne Mohr ; production manager, Astrid Sommer ; camera crew (video), Boris Michalski, Yvonne Mohr (examples), Vassilios Georgiadis (theory) ; music, Thom Willems in cooperation with Maxim Franke ; director, Thomas Lovell Balogh ; director of photography, Jess Hall ; producers, RD-Studio Productions, France 2, BBC TV.

Performer (note)

• Performance: William Forsythe, Christine Bürkle, Noah D. Gelber, Thomas McManus, Crystal Pite.

System Details (note)

• System requirements: IBM-compatible PC (Pentium processor, 120 MHz); minimum of 24 MB RAM; 16 or 24 bit color (640 x 480); 16 bit sound card; CD-ROM drive (4x). Requires Microsoft Windows 95 and QuickTime 3.02 for Windows (QuickTime included on CD-ROM).
• System requirements: Macintosh computer, 120 MHz with MacOS-version 8 or later; minimum of 24 MB of RAM, 16 or 24 bit color (640 x 480); 25 MB free disk space for installation on a hard drive; QuickTime.

Contents

• User's manual English language contents: Editorial / Jeffrey Shaw -- German Dance Archive, Cologne: Digital dance documents / Frank-Manuel Peter and Thomas Thorausch -- Improvisation technologies: just the basics / Astrid Sommer -- Observing motion, an interview with William Forsythe / Nik Haffner -- Both a new world and the old made explicit / Roslyn Sulcas -- Chronology of works by William Forsythe -- Biographical notes -- Colophon -- Acknowledgements.
• User's manual German language contents: Editorial / Jeffrey Shaw-- Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln: Tanzdokumente digital / Frank-Manuel Peter and Thomas Thorausch -- Improvisation technologies: just the basics [sic] / Astrid Sommer -- Bewegung beobachten, ein Interview mit William Forsythe / Nik Haffner -- Eine neue Welt und in ihr die alte / Roslyn Sulcas -- Werkverzeichnis William Forsythe -- Biographie -- Impressum -- Danksagung.

Call Number

*WDC 99-2

ISBN

3775708502

OCLC

NYPY99-D1

Author

Forsythe, William, 1949-

Title

Improvisation technologies [interactive multimedia] : a tool for the analytical dance eye / a CD-ROM by William Forsythe ... [et al.]

Imprint

Karlsruhe : produced at ZKM Karlsruhe : distribution Hatje Cantz Verlag, 1999.

Series

Tanzdokumente digital ; 2

System Details

System requirements: IBM-compatible PC (Pentium processor, 120 MHz); minimum of 24 MB RAM; 16 or 24 bit color (640 x 480); 16 bit sound card; CD-ROM drive (4x). Requires Microsoft Windows 95 and QuickTime 3.02 for Windows (QuickTime included on CD-ROM).

System requirements: Macintosh computer, 120 MHz with MacOS-version 8 or later; minimum of 24 MB of RAM, 16 or 24 bit color (640 x 480); 25 MB free disk space for installation on a hard drive; QuickTime.

Credits

A CD-ROM by William Forsythe, Nik Haffner, Volker Kuchelmeister, Yvonne Mohr, Astrid Sommer and Christian Ziegler ; decoding and structuring, Nik Haffner ; design and graphics, Christian Ziegler ; programming and CD-ROM mastering, Volker Kuchelmeister ; video editing and graphics, Yvonne Mohr ; production manager, Astrid Sommer ; camera crew (video), Boris Michalski, Yvonne Mohr (examples), Vassilios Georgiadis (theory) ; music, Thom Willems in cooperation with Maxim Franke ; director, Thomas Lovell Balogh ; director of photography, Jess Hall ; producers, RD-Studio Productions, France 2, BBC TV.

Performer

Performance: William Forsythe, Christine Bürkle, Noah D. Gelber, Thomas McManus, Crystal Pite.

Added Author

Sulcas, Roslyn.

Shaw, Jeffrey.

Peter, Frank-Manuel.

Thorausch, Thomas.

Sommer, Astrid.

Haffner, Nik.

Kuchelmeister, Volker.

Mohr, Yvonne.

Ziegler, Christian.

Zentrum für Kunst un Medientechnologie Karlsruhe.

Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln.

Research Call Number

*WDC 99-2