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The Intelligent Stage

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The Intelligent Stage operates through the use of video cameras which look at a musician, dancer, or actor within a structured environment. By analyzing movement within predefined areas, the stage can respond to what is perceived, and react in accordance with the design of the composer, choreographer, or director. These responses can include changes in environmental elements such as lighting, sound, and video, or actually effect the structure of the environment itself. The flexibility of the Intelligent Stage allows artists to tailor its many elements: where sensors are located, what kind of actions the sensors are sensitive to, and what responses occur when actions are recognized.

The Intelligent Stage is a media controlled space providing innovative tools and interesting paradigms in which artists can create a new generation of performance works.