Cube Dance: Square Dance Cubed
Venue: Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Happy Hollow Stringband, LP Kelly, Mountains of Music Homecoming
Date: Saturday, June 8, 2019
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Arts & Theatre
Cost: Free
The Blacksburg Hoorah Cloggers and the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology presents Cube Dance: Square Dance Cubed on Saturday, June 8, 2019 inside The Cube at the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech.
Cube Dance: Square Dance Cubed ([dance2]3) is an old-time traditional square dance, cubed! The Cube Dance combines Blacksburg’s strong local tradition of Appalachian square dance with the cutting-edge creativity of the region’s premier research university.
Take part in a first-ever community dance experiment in the Cube, a state-of-the-art theatre and high-tech laboratory. Dancers at this family square dance will take turns putting on wearable sensors. Their movements through the square dance figures will be captured by the Cube’s infrared cameras. The motion-capture data will be visualized by artist Zach Duer and projected in real time onto elevated screens. What will these patterns look like? Perhaps a cross between a kaleidoscope and moving squares on an old-time Appalachian quilt?
This dance features live old-time music by the Happy Hollow String Band (Emily Reisinger, Chris Dunavant, Jen Barton, and Sam Leary) and calling by LP Kelly, as well as a performance with motion capture by the Hoorah Cloggers. We welcome all ages and abilities. Dance instruction is provided, no partner or experience necessary.
Led by the Blacksburg Hoorah Cloggers with caller Old Man Kelly and music from the Happy Hollow String Band.
Admission is free and all ages are welcome.
Dance instruction provided and no partner or experience necessary.
To guarantee a seat, register online at: https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/seatSelect.asp?createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadBestAvailable::performance_ids=270F717A-E9A6-4494-BC07-162F94BF9ABC.
For more information, visit: https://artscenter.vt.edu/experiences/cube-dance.html or https://www.facebook.com/artscenteratvt
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