BDN reports on cross-genre performance at Fort Knox
The Bangor Daily News advanced the Aug. 24 premiere of “No Plan B,” a cross-genre collaboration of movement, light, projection and sound, at Fort Knox and Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory in Prospect. The production was made possible by a research residency at the University of Maine’s Intermedia MFA program. The residency allowed Gene Felice, director of the Coaction Lab at UMaine, and nationally renowned modern dance choreographer Alison Chase to collaborate in the creation of the light, immersive projections and surround sound for the piece. Original music was created by Franz Nicolay. When Chase first imagined the show, she sought someone who could use light projections to turn a tent into a “fantastical, illusory playland in which her dancers could perform,” the article states. Owen Smith, director of UMaine’s Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center, suggested Felice, a fellow new media professor. Felice works with high-definition digital projectors to “wrap” surfaces in projections, creating the illusion of 3-D images out of light, the BDN reported.