http://jacob-n.com choreographer & filmmaker Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:47:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Premiering Always Be Closing, a solo for Catherine Larocque, Feb 9th thru Feb 12th at the Lower Ossington Theatre. Part of 'At The Wrecking Ball V'. Tix $15 at the door. http://jacob-n.com/archives/584 I'm premiering a new work, Always Be Closing, next week as part of At The Wrecking Ball V. Always Be Closing is a bruising, physical, virtuosic solo for Montreal dancer Catherine Larocque. It takes the form of a hardcore sales seminar, putting the audience in the middle of the action. It has ... http://jacob-n.com/archives/582 Dancers: all ages (9 – 99), male & female, contemporary experience preferred Traceurs: 18+, male & female What's the upshot? I'm shooting a short film set to Buck 65's cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Who By Fire', and I'm looking for performers. Read this, watch the video, and if you're interested, email me and ... http://jacob-n.com/archives/572 Peter Brook, writing about opera in The Shifting Point: "You come to Mozart and find a perfect marriage between the artificial and something that's fully alive — here's an example of the rigid pipe and the water flowing through it. But gradually the attention begins to go more and more to ... http://jacob-n.com/archives/567 Ego Echo Installation - beta test from Jacob Niedzwiecki on Vimeo. Ego Echo is a responsive installation work. Inspired by classical trompe l'oeil perspective and audio samplers & loop pedals, it acts as a mirror, reflecting a room and the people in it and capturing and sequencing movement. This video is from ... http://jacob-n.com/archives/563 Showing a beta version of Ego Echo, a responsive video installation, at the Dance: Made in Canada festival. Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis. Admission is free. Viewing times: Thu Aug 11th, 6-11pm Fri Aug 12, 5-11pm Sat Aug 13, 1-11pm Sun Aug 14, 1-4pm http://jacob-n.com/archives/551 Spike Solutions #3 from Jacob Niedzwiecki on Vimeo. This is the third in an ongoing series of short, focused screen tests of generative compositing techniques. In this diptych, the left and right halves use the same video material and grid; the left crops each instance of the source to a grid ... http://jacob-n.com/archives/554 Wrapped production on my next short dance film, featuring Jenna Savella and Luke Garwood and music by the TorQ percussion quartet. http://jacob-n.com/archives/549 Spike Solutions #2 from Jacob Niedzwiecki on Vimeo. This is the second in an ongoing series of short, focused screen tests of generative compositing techniques. In this diptych, the left and right halves use the same video material and grid; the left crops each instance of the source to a grid ... http://jacob-n.com/archives/547 Spike Solutions #1 (Diptych) from Jacob Niedzwiecki on Vimeo. This is the first in an ongoing series of short, focused screen tests of generative compositing techniques. In this diptych, the left and right halves use the same video material and grid; the left crops each instance of the source to a ... http://jacob-n.com/archives/541