Mocapton is a motion-capture costume designed as a musical instrument for the interactive dance performance Azamen, by Runabout project. The Mocapton includes buttons and sensors that allow the two dancers in the performance to create, manipulate and compose music through their movements. The instrument consists of a combination of custom-built Read more…
Azamen is a series of interactive dance performances that use a special pair of wireless sensor costumes that connect the movements of the two dancers with a computer. The bodies are thus turned into musical instruments that are capable of capturing sounds and words, playing them over and over again, modulating and transforming them until they create the perfect audio environment for their dance.
Interactive dance performance The premiere of the interactive dance performance Azamen will take place on October 13, at 7pm, in the Chamber Hall of the Nikolai Binev Youth Theatre in Sofia. Artist Albena Baeva and scenographer Petya Boyukova have created a custom computer programme and special costumes that connect wirelessly Read more…