Left to Right: Ingrid Kapteyn & Mary John Frank rehearsing in the Movement Lab
Research Artist-in-Residence Mary John Frank presents: RESET
Wednesday, April 3rd | 7:30 PM
RESET:
A multimedia performance and discussion on how Artificial Intelligence is helping with the climate crisis and dance and live performance as mediums for climate storytelling.
CREDITS INCLUDE:
Dancers: Catherine Kirk and Navarra Novy-Williams
Performers (through March 20th): Ingrid Kapteyn, India Beer, and Amira Williams
Dancers Motion Capture (Pre-Recorded): Miriam Gittens & Connie Shiau
Technicians: Carlos Johns-Davila & Lena Wolfe
Motion Capture Technician & Unreal Artist: Kaustav Sakar
Advisors: Geneva List, Carly Roberts and Matthew Henley
Special Thanks: Celia Krefter, Guy de Lancey, Emma Noelle, C Duan, and LaJuné McMillian
Directed & Choreographed by: Mary John Frank
Doors open at 7:20 PM and MeMoSa begins at 7:30
For this event, capacity in the lab is capped at 30 audience members. Attendees who have RSVP'd before the event will have priority, and admission will be determined on a first come first serve basis on arrival. If you RSVP before the event but you arrive late, we reserve the right to give your spot to someone on the waitlist.
Attendees who have not RSVP'd will be put on a standby waitlist if they arrive in-person before the event.
Mary John Frank is a New York-based director and choreographer. Her work blends contemporary dance, digital filmmaking, physical theater and musicals to inform and energize audiences. She has also built immersive theater and Virtual Reality experiences and is exploring how VR and AI technology can contribute to and/or support artists working in dance and film.
Her career includes directing content for companies like New York City Ballet, Condé Nast, Disney, and Google and she has worked in production roles at film studios including Paramount Vantage and Warner Bros. Her choreography, films, and music video work has been featured on Vogue.com, Nowness, Afropunk, and Refinery 29, and has played at venues including Lincoln Center, the Hammer Museum, and Pioneer Works in Brooklyn.
Her PSA and social impact work includes collaborations with the Center For Health & Gender Equity, Oceanic Global, The National Women’s Legal Center, Planned Parenthood, and climate youth group, Zero Hour. Awards and honors include Artizen’s VR Transformation Grant, Panavision's New Filmmaker Grant, Vimeo's "Groundbreaking Female Filmmakers To Watch,” and she was a finalist in the Tribeca Film Festival & IBM's "Storytellers With Watson AI” competition. She has an MFA in Dance from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts (2013) and is honored to be a research artist in residence at Barnard’s Movement Lab this semester.