This is turning into dance technology research through a combination of events. A quick synopsis so as to give proper credit.
During 2004-2005 sound designer Warren Cross, with help from his first Digital Performance class, set up a camera and computer system that allows on-stage performers to control aspects of their surroundings such as sound, visuals, or lighting directly through their movement filmed by the cameras. He asked me to co-teach this course with him in Fall 2006, and our collaboration is resulting in a slight shift in focus for Fall 2007. We will offer a new but not necessarily improved course called Interactive Performance Technology aimed towards the somewhat more specified (but not much) field of dance technology. The course is now a core offering in the brand new (beginning Fall 2006!) Dance track of the Computing in the Arts Concentration.
Somewhat independent of the course, a project developed aimed at making a dance using this technology. Prime movers in this project were Kathleya Afanador '06 and Ryan Spicer '06. Kathleya was a dance major and college scholar interested in aesthetics, perception, and multimedia, while Ryan was a film major who took Warren's course and has an interest in programming. We made a piece for the concert Dance '06 in March, with movement choreographed by Kathleya, projected graphics created by Ryan, and sound composed by myself. It was called Perimeter of a Parameter.
This was not ground-breaking work technically. It's been done. We're behind the dance technology curve. For links to our inspirations check out the bibliography below, and there's more information at the making a dance
link in the preceding paragraph.
This page will develop further.
For now, here's a bibliography.
Revised May 24, 2007.