Ghostcatching and After Ghostcatching, Dances in the Dark

• Published in: Dance research journal Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 45 - 67
• Main Author: Barber, Tiffany E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.04.2015
• Subjects: haptic visuality; race and technology; Bill T. Jones; improvised dance; post-racial discourse; embodiment and disembodiment

In 1999, Bill T. Jones, in collaboration with digital artists Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar, presented an installation at the intersection of dance, drawing, and digital imaging. Ghostcatching featured Jones's previously improvised movements recorded using motion capture technology. In 2010, K...