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RSVP
In 2004 I created a solo using DanceForms 1.0 the choreographic software, which was premiered at Dance Theatre Workshop. The piece was titled "RSVP," and was designed as a study in collapsing joints. Additionally, I planted twelve cellular phones throughout the audience of the theatre, which a musician periodically called, producing a random cacophony of electronic sounds. This sequence then determined the order of my movements; it ended up being a very indeterminate composition.
Jonah Bokaer
Jonah Bokaer (Ithaca, NY) is a contemporary dance graduate of North Carolina School of the Arts, and is a current member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. While studying Visual & Media Art at The New School University he began exploring choreographic software, and has developed several digitally-created choreographies that address the moving body in relation to contemporary technology. These works have been exhibited widely throughout the United States and abroad, to great critical acclaim. Bokaer is also the founder of "Chez Bushwick Studios," an interdisciplinary arts studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
