Kunde Hospital / Computer Choreology / Periscope Camera (The Nature of Things season 25, episode 2) (1984) (no video link)
Title
Kunde Hospital / Computer Choreology / Periscope Camera (The Nature of Things season 25, episode 2) (1984) (no video link)
Subject
Choreology
Computers
Dance and technology
Labanotation
URL
No video link found. This content is associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library originally recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. No link has yet been found to provide online access and the original videotape has not yet been digitized.
Description
Content description from Wikipedia.org
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Nature_of_Things_episodes#Season_25:_1984%E2%80%931985):
A visit to Kunde Hospital, built in a remote Himalayan village by New Zealand explorer Sir Edmund Hillary; a look at the use of computers for dance notation which record a dancer's movement; and a camera that can perform complex film tracking shots through miniature sets.
Ephemera: text saved from original ephemera. Tiny clipping from TV guide with program listing: The Nature of Things. Khunde Hospital/Computer Choreology/Periscope Camera - A hospital built by Sir Edmund Hillary high in the Himalayas; new computer programs that can read the movements of a dancer, and a film camera that travels through tiny spaces. JWK Handwritten notes on folder: Series - The Nature of Things 6/27/85 KAET. Luman (sp?) Choreologist: Benesch, & Waterloo's computer w/puck (sp?) & electronic processor = word processor. Electronic choreologist: Simon Fraser U. - fitted w/electronic sensors goniometers to record L & direction of limbs; calvert system that translates to Labanotation & then translated to alpha-numeric code. Handwritten on folder: inc Mani Randu-dance-drama. Series: The Nature of Things 6/27/85 KAET. Procession & dance (drunken) music. Shaman. Presentation ceremonial scarves. Buddhist ceremonies inc. Mani Randu dance-drama. N.B. point w/lips.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Nature_of_Things_episodes#Season_25:_1984%E2%80%931985):
A visit to Kunde Hospital, built in a remote Himalayan village by New Zealand explorer Sir Edmund Hillary; a look at the use of computers for dance notation which record a dancer's movement; and a camera that can perform complex film tracking shots through miniature sets.
Ephemera: text saved from original ephemera. Tiny clipping from TV guide with program listing: The Nature of Things. Khunde Hospital/Computer Choreology/Periscope Camera - A hospital built by Sir Edmund Hillary high in the Himalayas; new computer programs that can read the movements of a dancer, and a film camera that travels through tiny spaces. JWK Handwritten notes on folder: Series - The Nature of Things 6/27/85 KAET. Luman (sp?) Choreologist: Benesch, & Waterloo's computer w/puck (sp?) & electronic processor = word processor. Electronic choreologist: Simon Fraser U. - fitted w/electronic sensors goniometers to record L & direction of limbs; calvert system that translates to Labanotation & then translated to alpha-numeric code. Handwritten on folder: inc Mani Randu-dance-drama. Series: The Nature of Things 6/27/85 KAET. Procession & dance (drunken) music. Shaman. Presentation ceremonial scarves. Buddhist ceremonies inc. Mani Randu dance-drama. N.B. point w/lips.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
David Suzuki (narrator)
Publisher
CBC Television
KAET
Date
1984 October 17 (aired)
1985 June 27 (recorded)
Citation
“Kunde Hospital / Computer Choreology / Periscope Camera (The Nature of Things season 25, episode 2) (1984) (no video link),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 20, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/94.