And dance notation promised great advances in recording specific choreographies and as a basic linguistic tool in dance education.
Since most so-called site-specific choreography is related to its locale, one expected Mr. Varone to create a work about the immigrant experience.
There will also be free lessons and some site-specific choreography in and around the park, which should make for good brunch conversation in the neighborhood's cafes.
Choreographers like Ms. Lafrance specialize in site-specific choreography, following a long New York tradition of such works, and organizations like Dancing in the Streets exist to foster free public events.
What I [Frauke] did with David Rosenberg in Electric Hotel– a site-specific choreography done in different places in London – was an insane, ambitious project done with little money".
Choreographer Claudia Lavista of Delfos Danza collaborates with composers Shulamit Ran and Augusta Read Thomas (University of Chicago, Department of Music) and music composition Ph.D. students, on site-specific choreography and composition.
The performances, which run through Sunday afternoon and employ three casts of principal dancers, are being recorded by the L.A. Phil to be used as the soundtrack for a Millepied film of ballet to be shot around L.A. Wouldn't you know, the L.A. Phil has yet another sensation on its hand, both as a glorious orchestral extravaganza and for Millepied's ingenious site-specific choreography.
"We're used to navigating crowds," Neuman said of her dance company, which is known for site-specific eco-choreography and activism.
In "Guerrilla Gay Bar," one of the highlights, the performance duo Hijack (Kristin Van Loon and Arwen Wilder) set mesmerizingly specific but mysterious choreography against excerpts from R. Kelly's bewildering epic "Trapped in the Closet".
Even if I'm struggling with a specific technique or choreography, when I'm at the barre or in center, I don't have to focus on anything else but that moment with the music and my body.
