Paper Interiors

February 28, 2002

TEMPE, Ariz.--Immense, projected 3-D images of microscopic paper fibers set the stage for the dance concert Paper Interiors, in which dancers appear to move within intricate mazes of fibers. The free concert is being performed March 14 and 15 at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at ASU’s Drama City (southeast corner of University and Myrtle Ave.). 3-D glasses will be provided at the door.

The concert is a collaborative effort of the Institute for the Studies in the Arts and the Department of Dance, both in the Herberger College of Fine Arts at Arizona State University, and ASU’s departments of biology and English. It is being performed as part of the Southwest Region American College Dance Festival, hosted by ASU this year.

Biologist Charles Kazilek and English instructor Gene Valentine produced the images that inspired the dance work and provide its backdrop. Valentine created handmade papers of cattails, yucca, agave, silk, wasp nests and other natural fibers. Kazilek photographed them using a scanning-laser confocal microscope in ASU’s W.M. Keck Bioimaging Lab. He then digitally transformed the photographs into images that could be viewed three-dimensionally using red and blue anaglyph glasses, known more commonly as 3-D glasses. Download Full Image

Technologists at the Institute for Studies in the Arts worked with Kazilek to create the system for incorporating the images on a large scale into the dance work. A pair of computers is used to project them on to an 11-by-20-foot screen made of nylon and spandex. The result is a set in which dancers are able to interact with virtual mazes of paper fibers.

Innovative costumes add to the multi-dimensional dance experience. Designers Jacqueline Benard and Galina Mihaleva, costume shop coordinators for the Department of Dance, used large-format printing technology to transfer paper fiber images directly onto the dancers’ nylon and spandex garments, creating striking results when viewed through 3-D glasses.

Dance faculty member Jennifer Tsukayama choreographed Paper Interiors for Angela Hill, Sophia Martinez-Jensen, Autumn Horrocks and Emily Finch, all recent graduates of the dance program.

“I take the audience into the microscopic world of paper-its interiors--and the audience follows the dancers through their journey into this foreign environment,” Tsukayama says. “As they emerge, float, lift their way through their surroundings, the division between human and environment is no longer distinct. Ultimately, the dancers are swallowed into the paper and the two are symbiotic.”

To view some of the 3-D images of microscopic paper fibers used in Paper Interiors, visit the Web gallery athttp://lifesciences.asu.edu/paperproject.

The Institute for Studies in the Arts is an interdisciplinary research center in The Katherine K. Herberger College of Fine Arts at Arizona State University. The ISA provides an environment that supports research and collaboration among artists, scholars and technologists. The goal is to invent and share new forms of art experience and processes for creating and teaching the arts. For more information on the ISA, visit http://isa.asu.edu.

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Tracey Benson
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Herberger College Theatre launches sixth annual New Plays Marathon

WHAT: The Herberger College’s Department of Theatre at ASU announces the sixth annual New Plays Marathon, a series of staged readings written by ASU graduate student playwrights and presented free to the public.The New Plays Marathon is a celebration of the process of developing exciting new works for the theatre. Guillermo Reyes, ASU professor of theatre and head of the playwriting program, he...

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Herberger College Theatre launches sixth annual New Plays Marathon

February 28, 2002

The New Plays Marathon is a celebration of the process of developing exciting new works for the theatre. Guillermo Reyes, ASU professor of theatre and head of the playwriting program, heads up this ambitious project in play development. Download Full Image

In addition, the marathon features a guest artist panel on and by Arizona playwrights, including Elaine Romero, Terry Earp, Ben Tyler and Toni Press-Coffman, entitled: “Arizona Playwrights: The Craft, the Profession, and Putting It All Together.”

WHEN: March 28 through April 6, 2002, times vary.

WHERE: Barbara Salisbury Wills Child Drama Studio, Nelson Fine Arts Center 131, 51 E. 10th St. on the ASU campus in Tempe.

HOW MUCH: Free.

CALL: For additional information, the public may call 480-965-5337.

ASU NEW PLAYS MARATHON 2002 SCHEDULE:

March 28, 5:30 p.m. Passion Fruit by Laurelann Porter, directed by Christopher Danowski
This is a story of passion, loss and a bisexual love triangle. Passion Fruit is a lyrical, poetic solo performance written and performed by Laurelann Porter, with original songs by Porter.
March 28, 7:30 p.m. The Final Shot of the Artful Dodge Shakespeare by Christopher Miller, directed by Rob Taylor.
March 29, 2:30 p.m. ©Sullivan by Luke Krueger, directed by Lisa Mitchell
A dark comedy about war hero Eric Sullivan’s return to his five-year high school reunion where, out of a class of 99 people, no one remembers him. Eric has interesting news: he copyrighted the town’s name, Sullivan. He demands the city rebuild the school library in order to keep the name. The city refuses and decides there’s only one solution to this dilemma: “Kill G.I. Joe.” Not Appropriate for Children.
March 29, 5:30 p.m. Guest Artist Panel – “Arizona Playwrights: The Craft, the Profession, and Putting It All Together.” Panelists include Elaine Romero, Terry Earp, Ben Tyler and Toni Press-Coffman.
March 29, 7:30 p.m. Oy! It’s a Boy by Amy Dominy, directed by Janet Arnold. She’s Jewish; he’s not. It didn’t matter – until they find out, it’s a boy! Now Lacey and Wade must decide if they should circumcise their baby and, at the same time, deal with their meddlesome parents.
March 30, 3:30 p.m. The College Try by Mark Zeller, directed by Kathy Krzys. Can a college freshman lose his virginity and his manhood in the same night? Well, yes, but Hunter is going to get his manhood back it kills him! Come see this determined young man, locked in a battle of wits with a jealous roommate, try to find redemption!
March 30, 5:30 p.m. Conversations by Cary DeBerry, directed by Jen Kulick. Enter a world where each character is plagued with his or her own set of neuroses, ideals and expectations. Sound like anyone you know? Structurally based upon La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler, this play explores the inner recesses of the human condition.
April 5, 7:30 p.m. Sullivan by Luke Krueger
April 6, 3 p.m. Passion Fruit by Laurelann Porter
April 6, 5 p.m. Oy! It’s a Boy by Amy Dominy
April 7, 1 p.m. Conversations by Cary DeBerry
April 7, 3:30 p.m. The Final Shot of the Artful Dodge Shakespeare by Christopher Miller
April 7, 5:30 p.m. The College Try by Mark Zeller