Electrofringe is presenting a workshop with Mark Coniglio and Dawn
Stopiello of Troika Ranch Dance Theatre (New York) in Sydney.

Dates for the workshop are 2 half days 10am - 2pm -  Tuesday 4th
December and Thursday 6th December 2007

Cost only $40 ! (includes both days)

Places are limited!

Please email a brief expression of interest to Electrofringe Directors at

catmjones@gmail.com including:

::Your full name and contact phone number
::Your background and current practice as an artist (including specific
skills)
::If you have any experience using Isadora or other interactive software
(this is not a prerequisite)

Confirmed participants will be emailed confirmation and further details
of the workshop and equipment requirements on Friday 30th November.

The workshop will focus on the use of Isadora®, a graphic programming
environment that provides interactive control over digital media, with
special emphasis on the real-time manipulation of digital video in live
performance including movement tracking.

About the artists:
Troika Ranch Dance Theatre is the collaborative vision of choreographer
Dawn Stoppiello and composer/media artist Mark Coniglio who began their
collaborative process while students at the California Institute of the
Arts in the mid 1980s. Their multidisciplinary approach led them to
begin defining themselves as ‘slash (/) , with the slash between their
mediums (dance/theatre/media) as the unifying component.
 
In 1989 Coniglio, a self-taught computer programmer, designed a
wireless sensory costume for Stoppiello, called MidiDancer. With this
technology, they were able to further develop their ‘slash’ theories
and methodology. Coniglio and Stoppiello were invited by universities
and arts institutions to teach their techniques to other artists. In
1990 they formalised their working relationship by founding Troika
Ranch, a digital dance theatre company that focuses on creation,
education and innovation in theatrical performance.
 
www.troikatronix.com/isadora.html
www.troikaranch.org

The workshop is presented with support from creative practice &
research unit, School of English, Media and Performing Arts, University
of New South Wales. http://empa.arts.unsw.edu.au/