http://jacob-n.com choreographer/director/editor Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:35:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Aldous Huxley: “...there is no form of contemplation, even the most quietistic, which is without its ethical values. Half at least of all morality is negative and consists in keeping out of mischief.” http://jacob-n.com/archives/479 NOW Magazine on the show: "Tomlinson takes the audience on a journey that begins with a stomach-churning fall and ends with transcendence...The design provides an added lift, with Sharon DiGenova’s lighting and Jacob Niedzwiecki’s video and imaging lifting us out of our everyday world." Eye Magazine: four out of five stars. Plank ... http://jacob-n.com/archives/474 Created video projections for David Tomlinson's amazing show Wingéd. Runs now through May 8th — come check it out! http://jacob-n.com/archives/472 A few months ago I got an email from Toronto director Diana Kolpak. I'd heard of Diana's amazing 2004 clown show, The Gorgonetrevich Corps de Ballet Nationale in "Bethany's Gate", though I was unable to see it as I was performing at the time. Diana invited me to collaborate on ... http://jacob-n.com/archives/459 Created and launched www.littlefilms.ca for Martha Burns' anthology Little Films About Big Moments. http://jacob-n.com/archives/457 I don't often post about freelance work on this site — it's more focused on my own projects. But once in a while I get to do some pretty cool stuff, and this is one of those times. Over the winter, I had the chance to work with actor and producer ... http://jacob-n.com/archives/437 Today's recursive Google search: "plays featuring a 'play-within-a-play'". Thank you, Wikipedia. http://jacob-n.com/archives/422 What happens when the academe takes to the stage? You tell me — this is from a description of an upcoming seminar series, at an unnamed Center for Contemporary & Digital Performance Research: Within the super-saturation of virtuality and technological reproductions in contemporary digital culture are established zones and terrains of ... http://jacob-n.com/archives/416 Bastard Fugue features Naoya Ebe of the National Ballet of Canada, and live camerawork by yours truly. It premiered at Fresh Blood, a group show of work by young choreographers hosted by The Chimera Project, on October 29th at the Enwave Theatre in Toronto. The piece is set to a ... http://jacob-n.com/archives/407 I'll be premiering a new work at The Chimera Project's Fresh Blood at 8pm on October 29th, at the Enwave Theatre. Bastard Fugue features the National Ballet of Canada's Naoya Ebe (at right) and is set to the Fugue from Bach's Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major, arranged for ... http://jacob-n.com/archives/386