Its concert tonight, called "Big Science," explores the interaction between performers and computers, and includes Mario Davidovsky's "Synchronisms No. 2," for electronic tape and chamber ensemble, as well as works by Tristan Murail, Eric Moe, Bernhard Gander and the group's two resident composers, Douglas Boyce and Kyle Bartlett.
Maybe you've snapped a performer taking a well-deserved break, or a flyerer who can flyer no more; caught a moment of interaction between performers and audience, framed an act in full swing or spotted some traditional-looking performers among the festival's more eccentric characters.
The result, instead, was last night's free Christmas show, which began with a rousing a cappella version of "The Star-Spangled Banner," continued with a chronological compendium of favorite tunes starting from World War II, and sprinkled playful interaction between performers and audience throughout.
Nolan explained that Angier had "a wonderful understanding of the interaction between a performer and a live audience", a quality he believed that Jackman had.
Mr. Whitman distinguished himself early on with sophisticated (for the period) theatrical works involving interaction between live performers and filmed images.
There wasn't much interaction between the two performers; it seems both would rather be partners than friends.
In addition, the sort of attentive interaction that I claim should occur between performer and audience, and of audience members with each other, stands in stark contrast to the interaction of a person with his iPhone.
Ms. Palmer is one of music's most productive users of social media, galvanizing a modest fan base — her last album sold only 36,000 copies, and she tours small clubs and theaters — through constant interaction that blurs the usual line between performer and audience.
The sets were usually based on multilevel platforms, balconies, ramps, and scaffolds surrounding a stage that encroached on the audience's territory, providing a wider range of space for the actors and a greater flexibility of interaction between the audience and performers.
The whole thing is very connected to the African-American experience of call and response, so you have this interaction between the audience and the performer".
