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Revision as of 00:11, 5 February 2015
Ballet Pixelle (previously known as Second Life Ballet) is a ballet company founded in 2006 by choreographer Inarra Saarinen. Saarinen still serves as artistic director and choreographer. Ballet Pixelle is the first company to perform completely in virtual reality. Its goal is to explore and extend physical and virtual dance and movement and to blend those realities.
The company presents neoclassical, contemporary ballet, and eclectic works with all original animations, choreography, and musical scores. The works are presented in real time with virtual dancers from all over the world. The dancers (from such places as Canada, Estonia, Germany, Japan, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, and the USA) log in at the same time and, using avatars, perform choreography rehearsed previously. They are not automated, but actually dance in real time with the other dancers and the music. Mixed media arts are also used including historical video footage, photographs, machinima, paintings, and text. Anyone can watch the performances simply by accessing the Internet and logging in to the global virtual reality called Second Life. There are no ticket fees.
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| General information | |
| Name | Ballet Pixelle |
| Previous names | Second Life Ballet |
| Year founded | 2006 |
| Founders | Inarra Saarinen |
| Principal venue | Ballet Pixelle Theatre Second Life, Quat |
| Website | www |
| Senior staff | |
| Coordinator | Vivienne Darcy |
| Artistic staff | |
| Artistic Director | Inarra Saarinen |
| Ballet Mistress | Amelie Dibou |
| Music Director | Sora Izumikawa |
| Resident Choreographers | Inarra Saarinen |
History
Ballet Pixelle was founded in 2006 by Inarra Saarinen.
It is now considered one of the important companies in the arts in Second Life.
More recently, Ballet Pixelle has been used to extend and explore set design "[1]
Programming
Ballet Pixelle performs repertory from September through June at the Ballet Pixelle Theatre in Second Life. In addition, the company presents Saarinen's version of the Nutcracker, The Nut, in December also in Second Life.
Ballet Pixelle frequently tours to other locations in the virtual world, such as the Royal Opera, the Rose Theatre, and so on.
Repertory
- Olmannen (2006)
- Windows (2007)
- The Nut (2007)
- Phylogeny (2008)
- Les Fleurs Rose (2008)
- Shuzenji (2008)
- Living Goddess (2009)
- Degas Dances (2009)
- Avatara (2010)
- one nine four two (2010)
- Prayer of the Children (2011)
- Archidance (2011)
- Corelli Solos (2012)
- Les Couleurs de la Danse (2012)
- En Passant (2013)
- Ballet Burlesque (2013)
- Rhapsody in Red (2013)
- Evening at the Ballet (2014)
- Bhutan Ballet (2014)
Technology
Ballet Pixelle is performed using the Second Life platform and blends in various "real life" performances. The animations are developed using motion capture, Poser, QAvimator, etc.
Company
The company of Ballet Pixelle, as of January 2015.
Artistic Director
Ballet Mistress
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Rehearsal Assistants
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Choreographer in Residence
- Inarra Saarinen
Composer in Residence
- Solary Clary (Sora Izumikawa)
Dancers
| Name | Nationality | |
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| Aiyana Tripsa |  USA
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| Amelie Dibou | USA
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| Deyna Broek | USA
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| EmmaLee Streeter | USA
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| Hiroko Kimono |  Japan
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| Luci Yokosuka | Japan
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| Nark Chaffe |  Canada
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| Patros Zifer | Canada
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| ShyJackson | USA
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| Tik Merlin |  Portugal
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| Tinka Bondar | USA
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| Vivienne Darcy | USA
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Presentations
2014 Bhutan Network Operators Group (BTNOG) "[1]
2014 Immersive Education Initiative "[2]
2014 Gamefest, International Games Week "[3]
2014 Tokyo Performing Arts Meeting (TPAM) "[4]
2013 Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) "[5]
2013 United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) "[6]
2012 Tokyo Performing Arts Meeting (TPAM) "[7]
2012 American College Dance Festival (ACDF) "[8]
2011 Tokyo Performing Arts Market (TPAM) "[9]
2010 Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis "[10]
2009 Keio University, Networked Virtual Performance Environments "[11]
2009 Monash University "[12]
2008 New School for Social Research "[13]
Charity Performances
2012, 2013, 2014 Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society
2012, 2013, 2014 Toys for Tots
2011 Missing and Exploited Children by the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children
2010 Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS "[14]
2009 Lyme Disease Awareness benefit "[15]
Publications
2012 Virtual Outworlding "[16]
2012 Dance Queens "[17]
2012 DanceMedia "[18]
2012 DanceMedia "[18]
2007 Dance Magazine "[19]
References
- ^ "Keeping culture and communicating it in the modern world: A virtual ballet of Paro Taktsang as a metaphor for the growth of the internet in Bhutan". Phuentsholing, Bhutan.
- ^ "Art in the Age of Immersion". Los Angeles, California.
- ^ "Ballet Pixelle". Computerspielemuseum Berlin; Berlin, Germany.
- ^ "Ballet Pixelle: Dancing into the Digital Future". Yokohama, Japan.
- ^ "Ballet Pixelle: a troupe that performs in a virtual environment". Vancouver, Canada.
- ^ "Using Virtual Worlds for Performance and Design". Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- ^ "Ballet Pixelle: Dancing into the Digital Future". Yokohama, Japan.
- ^ "Virtual Dance, Ballet Pixelle". Harrisonburg, Virginia.
- ^ "Dance: Ballet Pixelle". Tokyo, Japan.
- ^ "Phylogeny: performance with the Indianapolis Telematics Ensemble". Indianapolis, Indiana.
- ^ "A workshop-symposium on virtual performance aesthetics, choreography, telepresence design and transcultural communications". Tokyo, Japan.
- ^ "time.transcendence.performance". Monash University; Melbourne, Australia.
- ^ "Kinetic Cinema: Streb and Second Life Ballet in Kinetic Cinema". New York, New York.
- ^ "Archidance". Second Life and Broadway, New York City.
- ^ "Ballet Pixelle". Second Life.
- ^ "Ballet Pixelle Live in Japan". Blog.
- ^ "How to Put on a Dance Performance in the Virtual World".
- ^ a b "Featured video of the month: Archidance'". Cite error: The named reference "DanceMedia" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "A Life Less Ordinary, Dance and Technology issue, December 2007".