BERKELEY DANCE PROJECT 2007

  • April 20, 2007: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Location: Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Berkeley
BERKELEY DANCE PROJECT 2007
Berkeley Dance Project '07 features The Reception, a cross-disciplinary performance piece utilizing dance choreography and tele-immersion technology to explore a re-visioning of cyber culture and corporeal presence--directed by Lisa Wymore of TDPS (Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies) and Ruzena Bajcsy of CITRIS (Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society). BDP '07 also features premieres by Robert Moses (Rose Colored Moments), Tammy Cheney (Snap), Ellis Wood (Flat Affect), and Carol Murota (Crosswinds and Eddies).

Directed by Lisa Wymore
April 20, 21, 27, 28 at 8pm
April 22*, 29 at 2pm
Zellerbach Playhouse on the UC Berkeley Campus
*The April 22 performance will be followed by a post-performance discussion: Being Here: Presence/Remote Presence within Live and Media Based Performance by N. Katherine Hayles. The discussion will feature a demonstration of a live bi-located dance utilizing the tele-immersion labs at UC Berkeley and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, the Townsend Center Dance Studies Working Group, and the Dance Department and Intermedia Program at Mills College. The discussion is free and open to the public.

TICKETS:
$14.00 - General Admission
$10.00 - UC Faculty/Staff
$8.00 - Students/Seniors
(Discounts available for groups of ten or more)
Advance tickets may be purchased online at: http://www.ticketweb.com (search for UC Berkeley) or by phone Ticket Web toll-free at: 866-468-3399 (please be aware that Ticket Web charges a service fee). Advance tickets may also be purchased in person without a service fee at the Zellerbach Playhouse Box Office (not to be confused with the Cal Performances Box Office) on Fridays from 1pm to 4pm. Tickets may also be purchased at the theater door one hour prior to showtime for that day's performance. The box office can only accept cash or checks.

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Last Updated: April 23, 2007 - 9:39am