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Wagoner describes Leonard Shlain’s theory of art and physics and how it relates to his own work.
Performing Arts
Employees in the Performing Arts entertain audiences either in live appearances or in recorded or broadcast presentations. The Performing Arts include music, drama, dance, standup comedy, and motion pictures. Workers who support performances behind the scenes—such as screenwriters, composers, choreographers, directors, stagehands, makeup artists, and others—are included in the Performing Arts field.
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The work of Guggenheim Fellow and Bessie Award winner Cathy Weis centers on a choreographic process that fully integrates dance with sound, design and technology. Weis thinks of unsuccessful...
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Dan Wagoner encourages young people to explore dancing by studying movements and the anatomy of the body.
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Wagoner explains his personal history with dance, which began when he was a young boy in West Virginia.
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Weis explains how she decides who to work with and how to make the most out of every collaborator’s individual strengths.
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Wagoner’s family provided him with a stable anchor that helped him go forward and explore his passion.
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L.I.P.S. stands for Live Internet Performing Structure. It’s a long-distance process that involves mixing dance videos.
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The Eye Wonder team investigates a movie theater. D.V. goes behind the scenes to see how film is loaded and rolled, and all of the different equipment that brings a movie to the screen.
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Weis details her career and how cameras have become an important part of her work. She explains the technology and process.