Re: animations

Robert Wechsler (R.Wechsler@rzmail.uni-erlangen.de)
Tue, 8 Jul 97 11:28:14 +0200

>>
>> thanx - i did and pretty much decided lifeforms was more trouble than its
>> worth for me. But i'm still curious on others thoughts on it.
>>
>
>Lifeforms is good for composition - orienting dancers in a space, seeing
>the path they travel on the floor, orchestrating the timing, creating
>pattern, theme and variation, etc. You can export LF movement scripts to
>other 3D packages for modeling and rendering.
>
>--
>Leslie Bishko

Leslie,

thanks for writing.
yes, THEORETICALLY it is not hard to see how LF could be useful to a
choreographer. my question is, in teh real world, what choreographers have
found this to be true . I.E. use it with any consistency, or even
occaisionally in toward this end (note my comment about Merce's use of LF).
i do not ask the question rhetorically, that is, i could well believe there
are some out there.
i just haven't met any, and, as i said, from my own experience, have trouble
to see much value for the tool in this application.

are you a choreographer? what are your experiences?

-robert

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