e-Motion, co-produced by The Cherry Arts and Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company
Performance Times
Fri May 26, 7:30 pm //Sat May 27, 7:30 pm // Sun May 28, 2:00 pm
Fri Jun 2, 7:30 pm //Sat Jun 3, 7:30 pm // Sun Jun 4, 2:00 pm
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e-Motion is an extended duet performed by Daniel Gwirtzman and DGDC Company dancer Sarah Hillmon. The primarily textual score will be augmented by previously unheard music composed by DGDC’s longtime musical collaborator, the late Jeff Story. So-Yeon Yoon, Cornell Associate Professor of human centered design, is creating data visualizations for the work, capturing the performers’ brainwaves and manipulating them to produce video imagery. The intermissionless, program-length dance will be presented onstage at The Cherry Artspace and online via livestream.
The narrative, accessible piece depicts a creator and a product. Which is which? Referencing Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, this researcher is a neuroscientist, and the narrative follows the big launch of her AI “creature” for scholarly and public consumption. What could go wrong? ChatGPT has been used in the initial stages of script creation, with responses generated through a series of questions that will be utilized in an interactive component with the audience.
Mid-March 2023. The Company and our collaborators have been busy preparing for the spring premiere e-Motion. Pictured, playwright Saviana Stanescu, creating text for the dance, dancer Sarah Hillmon, Daniel, and photographer/videographer Stefanos Milkidis. Following a full day’s rehearsal at the Borough of Manhattan Community College’s Tribeca Performing Arts Center’s theatre, the four enjoyed the late afternoon sun on an early spring-like day. Tickets for e-Motion can be purchased here.
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Daniel Gwirtzman is a New York State Council of the Arts Grantee, having received a FY2023 Support for Artists grant award sponsored by The Cherry Arts, in Ithaca, New York! Thanks to Governor Kathy Hochul, and Katherine Nicholls, Chair, and Mara Manus, Executive Director, of the New York State Council on the Arts, Daniel has […]
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