LENS
LENS is a series of four movement-based installations each viewed through different technological means created/produced by Ben Levine/Extreme Lengths Productions in collaboration with over two dozen artists from the DMV and across the US. Featuring both live and digital performance, audience perspectives are reshaped with the use of infrared goggles (choreography by Shannon Quinn + Boris Willis), binoculars (choreography by Sadie Leigh), virtual reality headsets (slowdanger + Anna Henson), and a 360-degree projection installation (Orange Grove Dance).
Sept. 2021, The REACH at the Kennedy Center
PRODUCING DIRECTOR: Ben Levine
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Annie Peterson
LENS was made possible thanks to the support of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Projects, Events, or Festivals Grant program; Aunt Karen’s Farm; Dance Place; and Rosslyn BID + JBG Smith (View of DC).
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far field
DIRECTION: slowdanger + Anna Henson
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY: Anna Henson
CHARACTER CREATION: H. D. Harris
PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Anna Wotring
SOUND: slowdanger
PERFORMANCE/CHOREOGRAPHY/MOTION CAPTURE ARTISTS: Maxi Canion, Symara Johnson, taylor knight, anna thompson, Anna Wotring
TECHNICAL ADVISOR: Dimitri Diakopoulos
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY INTERN: Maricel Reinhard
far field’s creation was supported by the Heinz Endowments Small Arts Initiative, The Pittsburgh Foundation A W Mellon Grant, Unique Projects, Pentacle ASP, Ben Levine/Extreme Lengths Productions, Dance Place and The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.
PASO
DIRECTION + CHOREOGRAPHY: Colette Krogol & Matt Reeves (Orange Grove Dance)
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jonathan Hsu
PERFORMANCE: Juliana Ponguta Forero
SOUND COMPOSITION: Dylan Glatthorn
VIDEO EDITORS: Mark Costello & Matt Reeves
PROJECTION DESIGN: Mark Costello
SCENIC DESIGN: Ben Levine
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CHOREOGRAPHY: Sadie Leigh
MUSIC: Emma Pauline Rothman
COSTUME DESIGN: Lucy Wakeland
PERFORMANCE: Krystal Collins, Carolyn Hoehner, Dylan Lambert, Stephen Lyons II, Annie Peterson, Emma Pauline Rothman
Dark Room
CHOREOGRAPHY + PERFORMANCE: Boris Willis & Shannon Quinn
SOUND DESIGN: Stephen Johnson
COSTUME DESIGN: Lucy Wakeland