 Going to the Wall
(DVD,DVD-ROM) Currently designed to run on Mac OS X
Funded by the National Initiative to Preserve America's Dance
(NIPAD), this interactive DVD-ROM was one of the 1998 model
projects. It was co-created by Vera Maletic, A. William Smith,
and Roberta Shaw (1999-2000). The DVD-ROM documents the process
of creating Bebe Miller's 1998 work Going to the Wall, dealing
with issues of diversity. The piece was created in collaboration
with eight dancers, a dramaturge, lighting designer, and set
and costume designers. All the components of the piece are
documented on this educational multimedia disc which elucidates
the context of the work and the collaboration through a series
of interviews, dramaturgical notes, images of sets, costumes
and the lighting plot. The section on the structure and thematic
content of the piece is of particular interest due to the
choreographer's voice-over describing particular movements,
which can be viewed by choosing amongst several different
camera shots. |
