'Death and the Powers'
Tod Machover - 'Death and the Powers;' a robotic opera
MIT Media Lab Professor Tod Machover discusses his robotic opera more than 10 years in the making, 'Death and the Powers.' Read more about its premiere at http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/opera-machover-0910.html
The Puppet Theater
The Puppet Theater
Video by: Canay Ozden In Gyumri, Armenia, puppets and people create a world of colors, ingenuity, and values; every day and all in the same building.
The Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts - Robert Lepage
The Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts - Robert Lepage
Robert Lepage: 2012 Recipient Multidisciplinary Performance and Media ArtistThe Council for the Arts at MIT is pleased to announce that Robert Lepage is the recipient of the 2012 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT, which includes an $80,000 cash prize and a ...
Robotic Theater - Highlight Reel
Robotic Theater - Highlight Reel
Highlight reel from a unique human-robot stage performance including two human actors and AUR, the robotic desk lamp.
Robotic Actor on Stage
Robotic Actor on Stage
AUR, the robotic desk lamp, was used in a unique human-robot stage performance. This video shows clips from the play and describes the hybrid control software used to puppeteer the robot.Music: "The Rain Got Bounced" by TimeVibes
McDermott Award winner Robert Lepage
Robert Lepage: Multidisciplinary Performance and Media Artist
Robert Lepage has been named the recipient of the 2012 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT, which includes an $80,000 cash prize and a campus residency.
Robert Lepage: MIT Student Workshop
Robert Lepage: MIT Student Workshop
Robert Lepage visited MIT on Sunday, Feb. 12, to initiate a collaborative workshop with MIT students and launch the class 21M.805, Performance and Design Practicum.
Robert Lepage and Peter Gelb Panel Discussion at MIT, 2012
Robert Lepage and Peter Gelb Panel Discussion at MIT, 2012
April 26, 2012 Technology in Stagecraft and StorytellingRobert Lepage in dialogue with Peter Gelb, General Manager, Metropolitan Opera Robert Lepage is the 2012 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts recipient. This event offered a fascinating glimpse into Lepage's ...
Let's Put on a Puppet Show! ...with Karen Zasloff, Linda ...
Let's Put on a Puppet Show! ...with Karen Zasloff, Linda Norden, John Bell
"Let's Put On a Puppet Show!" is an afternoon event revolving around puppetry scheduled for Friday April 6. The event will be open to the public at large. Participants can make their own puppets (led by professional puppeteers, Tuckers' Tales); hear lectures by ...
John Bell: Spectacle and the Street
John Bell: Spectacle and the Street
John Bell discusses his work as a creator of street spectacles with Bread and Puppet Theater, Great Small Works, and the Honk! Festival in Boston, New York, and other cities in North America and Europe. Street spectacle is one of the oldest forms of global performance, in which ...
Jenny Romaine: Declaim, Project, and Critically Arouse the ...
Jenny Romaine: Declaim, Project, and Critically Arouse the Passions
JENNY ROMAINE has worked extensively as a puppeteer, performer and director with the Bread & Puppet Theater , Janie Geiser and Co., Amy Trompetter, Ninth Street Theater, and OBIE winning Great Small Works , of which she is a founding member. She is the musical ...
Eugene McDermott Science Festival Panel
Eugene McDermott Science Festival Panel
Panel Discussion: The Science of IllusionWednesday, April 25, 2012Produced in partnership with the Cambridge Science Festival Can you imagine the science behind an invisibility cloak? What about a hovering hologram? The Science of Illusion pushes beyond the boundaries of the real and provides ...
Death and the Powers Promo
Death and the Powers Promo
"Death and the Powers" seeks to expand the traditional definition of opera through the use of technology — but in a way that enhances the human presence on stage and therefore strengthens the bond between audience and performers.
Death and the Powers Premiere
Death and the Powers Premiere
Tod Machover discusses the premiere of his new opera "Death and the Powers."
