Fri, 11/05/2010,
The Frankfurt Lab
Introducing Motion Bank (5-7 November 2010) was organised to inform the public about the inspiration behind the project and to introduce them to the researchers, designers, artists and educators involved.
Sun, 02/20/2011,
The Frankfurt Lab
Deborah Hay’s score project for Motion Bank is based on her existing solo No Time to Fly, which she first performed in March 2010.
Mon, 02/28/2011,
The Frankfurt Lab
Project Giessen 2011 with Xavier Le Roy and Mårten Spångberg took existing procedures and operations from Le Roy's Project 2003 as its starting point.
Mon, 04/18/2011,
The Frankfurt Lab
From 18-23 April 2011, the filming of the solos of Ros Warby, Juliette Mapp and Jeanine Durning took place in The Frankfurt Lab.
Tue, 04/26/2011,
The Frankfurt Lab
This first workshop in the series aimed to increase awareness of tools and systems used to score, notate, create and document dance through the work of Myriam Gourfink, Philip Bussmann, BadCo., Ana Vujanović and Petra Sabisch.
Fri, 05/20/2011,
The Frankfurt Lab
The Dance Engaging Science Interdisciplinary Research Workshops were a unique initiative bringing together dancers, scientists and scholars to discuss new forms of collaborative research.
Mon, 07/18/2011,
Kaaistudios, Brussels
Starting July 2011, three research sessions with Jonathan Burrows, Matteo Fargion, Nik Haffner and the score team led to the initial concept for their score project.
Mon, 09/19/2011,
The Frankfurt Lab
This second workshop in the series offered an opportunity to engage in the use of scores and notation in an interdisciplinary context of dance and architecture with Prue Lang and Michael Steinbusch.
Wed, 10/12/2011,
The Frankfurt Lab
In Autumn 2011, Motion Bank published a brochure describing the content of the project and including contributions from all partner institutions.
Thu, 10/13/2011,
The Frankfurt Lab
13-15 October 2011 Deborah Hay Guest Performances
Mon, 10/17/2011,
The Frankfurt Lab
Deborah Hay Final Filming Sessions took place over four days immediately following the guest performances.
Fri, 11/11/2011,
Salzburg University
The 3rd biannual meeting of the International Education Workgroup was hosted by one of its members Dr. Claudia Jeschke in Salzburg
Wed, 01/11/2012,
The Ohio State University
Research questions and discussion are key parts of all Motion Bank projects including this first residency for the TWO project.
Mon, 02/13/2012,
The Frankfurt Lab
This third workshop in the series offered an opportunity to develop scores through encounters between sound and motion composition with Thomas Lehmen, z'ev, Isabelle Schad and Robin Hoffmann.
Fri, 02/17/2012,
The Frankfurt Lab
The Dance Engaging Science Interdisciplinary Research Workshops were a unique initiative bringing together dancers, scientists and scholars to discuss new forms of collaborative research.
Tue, 03/06/2012,
HFMDK, Frankfurt am Main
The 3rd Dance Education Biennale (2012) Frankfurt am Main was organised by Education Partner the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts.
Mon, 05/14/2012,
The Frankfurt Lab
Jonathan Burrows & Matteo Fargion Score Project is based on fragments of material recorded from the duets they created together since 2002.
Thu, 06/07/2012,
The Frankfurt Lab
7-9 June 2012 Bebe Miller Company Guest Performances
Mon, 06/11/2012,
The Frankfurt Lab
11-13 June 2012 two days reviewing material and interviews with Deborah Hay & Jeanine Durning
Mon, 09/03/2012,
The Ohio State University
First TWO project research residency for Thomas Hauert at ACCAD/ The Ohio State University
Fri, 09/21/2012,
The Frankfurt Lab
21-23 September 2012 Jonathan Burrows & Matteo Fargion Guest Performances
Wed, 09/26/2012,
The Frankfurt Lab
Jonathan Burrows & Matteo Final Filming Sessions took place over four days following the guest performances.
Fri, 09/28/2012,
Z Zentrum für Proben und Forschung
The Dance Engaging Science Interdisciplinary Research Workshops were a unique initiative bringing together dancers, scientists and scholars to discuss new forms of collaborative research.
Thu, 10/04/2012,
The Frankfurt Lab
This fourth workshop in the series explored how scores might function as a "constitutive factor for kinship relations" and addressed different models of directing and collaboration with Antonia Baehr.
Thu, 01/03/2013,
The Ohio State University
The second TWO project residencies with Bebe Miller Company and Thomas Hauert/ ZOO included the final filming for their Motion Bank scores.
Sat, 02/16/2013,
basis Frankfurt Studios
Visualising Dance With Motion Bank: a choreographic coding workshop for the 3rd edition of the NODE – Forum for Digital Arts.
Thu, 03/21/2013,
Coventry University
The 6th meeting of the International Education Workgroup was hosted by group member Sarah Whatley at the Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE), Coventry University.
Tue, 04/16/2013,
The Frankfurt Lab
This fifth workshop in the series focussed on discussion leading to practical work in the studio evolving through dialogue between Jonathan Burrows, Matteo Fargion and Adrian Heathfield.
Fri, 04/19/2013,
Austin, Texas
19-25 April 2013 four days with Deborah Hay, Jeanine Durning and Ros Warby in Austin, TX.
Fri, 06/07/2013,
Tanzkongress Düsseldorf
Motion Bank Score Release / Workshop on “Working with Deborah Hay’s Motion Bank Score” / Dance Engaging Science / Choreographic Resources Lab
(A report by Grete Götze)
Tue, 07/23/2013,
London
Two score production sessions (July & September 2013) with Jonathan Burrows, Matteo Fargion, Nik Haffner and the score team.
Tue, 11/26/2013,
Z Zentrum für Proben und Forschung
Choreographic Coding Lab, 26-29 November 2013, Z Zentrum für Proben und Forschung, Schmidtstraße 12, Frankfurt a.M.
Thu, 11/28/2013,
The Frankfurt Lab
Score Releases & Research Presentations Performances, Workshops & Roundtables
Fri, 11/29/2013,
The Frankfurt Lab
29 November - 1 December 2013. Thomas Hauert/ ZOO Guest Performances.
Sun, 12/01/2013,
Books on the Move
"Motion Bank: Starting Points & Aspirations" / Editors: Célestine Hennermann & Scott deLahunta
. Publisher: Motion Bank/The Forsythe Company (2013). Paperback: 130 pages.
Language: EN/DE. ISBN13: 978-3-00-044215-5
Mon, 12/02/2013,
online
Scott delahunta, Project Leader Motion Bank/ The Forsythe Company provides some basic tutorials to help explore the Motion Bank Documentation and Scores websites.
Mon, 01/13/2014,
Frankfurt
PM2GO (Piecemaker2Go) is a free ready-to-install version of the multi-user application created by David Kern which assists in notating and scoring video recordings of dance and theatrical pieces.
Sat, 01/25/2014,
Z Zentrum für Proben und Forschung
The sixth and final Motion Bank Workshop was transformed into the exciting 'Choreographic Coding Lab' (26-29 November 2013) with the focus on translating dance and choreography into digital form.
Sun, 01/26/2014,
The Frankfurt Lab
Live & OnLine was a three-day event (28 Nov-1 Dec 2013) comprising Score Releases & Research Presentations Performances, Workshops & Roundtables. This report includes photographs, brief descriptions and downloads.
Mon, 03/31/2014,
The Frankfurt Lab
Two short films: an introduction to the Motion Bank project (2012) and an overview of the final results from Phase One (2014)
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As a response to the COVID-19 / Corona situation we just opened our research system (including Piecemaker and MoSys) for dance education and practice.
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