The Canadian Wiggler


Farewell to Dawn is a mixed reality dance performance which explores two dancers’ voyage from a physical space to a virtual stage and back, as the day passes before them.

Performance of the piece is achieved using the Mixed Reality Stage, a VR theatre platform that integrates motion capture and augmented reality (AR) with a distributed 3D gaming engine.
Collaborators
  • Felipe Caputo, Department of Computer Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Victoria Mc Gowen, Department of Computer Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Steven Cerqueira, School of Design, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Quincey Williams, School of Design, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Marla Schweppe, School of Design, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Zhongyuan Fa, Department of Theatre and Dance, Nazareth College
  • Anastasia Pembrook, Department of Theatre and Dance, Nazareth College
  • Heather Roffe, Department of Theatre and Dance, Nazareth College
  • Performances

  • May 6, 2017 -- ImagineRIT 2017, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • December 2, 2016 -- 2nd Annual Frameless Symposium, MAGIC, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • September 20, 2016 -- Little Theater, Rochester FRINGE Festival
  • April 20, 2016 --  Nazareth College, Spring Dance Revue,
  • March 18, 2016 -- "Behind the Scenes of a Dance Avatar", Nazareth College, Movement and Dance (MAD) Weekend,
  • Credits:

  • Dancers : Zhongyuan Fa, Anastasia Pembrook
  • Choreography : Zhongyuan Fa
  • Music : Hesham Fouad
  • Percussion : Peter Ferry
  • 3D Stage Design : Stephen Cerqueira, Quincey Williams, Marla Schweppe
  • Virtual Stage System: Chirag Chandrakant Salian, Anna Dining, Victoria Mc Gowen, Rasmi Mukula Kapuganti, Felipe Caputo, Joe Geigel
  • Videography : Anna Dining
  • Special Thanks : Heather Roffe, Andy Phelps, Chris Egert
  • Videos
    Videos available from Project Web site at http://www.cs.rit.edu/~jmg/f2d