a student report 2004

Alex Chalyy: Ricardo Viviani

Dancing was part of him.

One could see that Ricardo did not just dance.

Everything that he did was carefully thought out and designed as being fun for the students in the class. He knew when and where to stop and how to better explain moves to the class when everyone had trouble with it. He was also not boring.

He showed that dancing was acting as much as a physical activity. He encouraged us to get involved emotionally into pieces and really be in the piece.

Overall, I thought that Ricardo Viviani was a great dance teacher. He really liked what he was doing. His passion toward dancing was contagious. He made everybody like dancing. He was extremely professional. He also had a good easy going dancing style. Continue reading “a student report 2004”

Movement Analysis 2004

LifeForms

Rotoscope images in LifeForms

Get more insight into movement by using LifeForms animation software.

As I face the task of recreating dances from 5 centuries ago based on a painting by Eckhout I traced the movements in 3D and gained a wealth of insight into this composition. If you want to know how I did it, leave a comment and I’ll elaborate on it.

This software hasn’t been updated in years, but it still is a powerful tool for the choreographer: LifeForms