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DANCE REVIEW

When movement meets technology, the results can be thrilling

By Karen Campbell, Globe Correspondent | April 24, 2006

CAMBRIDGE --

.... Peter Kirn's poetic ''Anatomia: A Work in Progress" placed dancer Elise Knudsen halfway into the light of a live infrared video feed projected onto the back wall. As she moved in and out of the white light with lovely reaches of curved and angled arms, her silhouette was cast and her body heat generated subtle splotches on the projection, creating several layers of abstracted shapes. More compelling was her movement into the space accompanied by a two-part projection. Off to the side is a rain-like watery pattern, while in the center, the stylized negative image of a tree slowly grows, blooms, then sheds its leaves. Magically, the sound of rain on the theater roof insinuated itself into Kirn's delicate prepared piano score...


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		The Boston Globe DANCE REVIEW When movement meets technology, the results can be thrilling By Karen Campbell, Globe Correspondent \| April 24, 2006 CAMBRIDGE -- .... Peter Kirn's poetic ''Anatomia: A Work in Progress" placed dancer Elise Knudsen halfway into the light of a live infrared video feed projected onto the back wall. As she moved in and out of the white light with lovely reaches of curved and angled arms, her silhouette was cast and her body heat generated subtle splotches on the projection, creating several layers of abstracted shapes. More compelling was her movement into the space accompanied by a two-part projection. Off to the side is a rain-like watery pattern, while in the center, the stylized negative image of a tree slowly grows, blooms, then sheds its leaves. Magically, the sound of rain on the theater roof insinuated itself into Kirn's delicate prepared piano score... © Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company