Ballet Sun Valley - World Premiere - "Eight/Twenty-One/Seventeen"
Choreography: Gemma Bond of American Ballet Theater, NYC
Featuring: Isabella Boylston and Marcelo Gomes, American Ballet Theater
Original Score: Judd Greenstein
Video Design: Kate Duhamel
Animation and Projection Mapping: Brandon McFarland
I worked with Video Designer Kate Duhamel, to create the animated backdrop for the world premiere of Gemma Bond's ballet "eight/twenty-one/seventeen". It premiered in Sun Valley, Idaho at Ballet Sun Valley's Festival. I animated the designs and then used QLab to map the projections onto the surfaces behind the dancers. For the performance I programmed the animations and ran the projections live.
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simple banded gradients were used throughout to give retro and otherworldly vibes to the piece.
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