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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Technical Note: RSS Include
As you know, I am all about the free. We use Open Office to do our spread sheets and word processing. We use the Gimp to do our photo editing, Celtx to do our scriptwriting, Nvu to do our website. Recently Patrick wanted to put an RSS feed of the JosephNils Blog on the website along side the existing RSS for this blog. Our existing free program just couldn't handle the photos no matter how hard I tried. Finally, after testing about 15 sites that generate code for the RSS, I settled on RSS Include. It's super simple, it looks good and, best of all, it's free. To see what it looks like, go to the Elektrik Zoo website and scroll down until you see the two feeds.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Chalmatia!
Daneeta's Journal
We've been writing every day for three hours a day since returning from Sweden. Then another hour or so of discussion, depending on how far we have to walk. We've managed to make an entire pass, and the script is in a most beautiful state. The weather says that if we keep this up, we'll be finished by the end of this month. Hope is real.
From Down in the Parish blog
Friday, January 15, 2010
The Kirmann Project
The Elektrik Zoo have just completed their 3rd collaboration with French Musical Artist, Franz Kirmann. Check it out:
Kirmann from The Elektrik Zoo on Vimeo.
Kirmann from The Elektrik Zoo on Vimeo.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
The Elektrik Zoo debut new projections in Baton Rouge
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
The Elektrik Zoo performs live tonight at the Manship Theatre
Baton Rouge, LA - January 10, 2010 - The Elektrik Zoo will debut their newest projection art along side the Chard Gonzalez Dance Theatre tonight in the Manship Theatre at the Shaw Center for the Arts. The piece, entitled "Double Entendre Tooth Tiger," is their 5th collaboration with the dancer/choreographer. "Chard is constantly challenging me," said Daneeta Jackson, co-founder of the Elektrik Zoo creative partnership. "His pieces are strange and funky. They conjure images in my head that I can't really explain. He's really taught me to trust my instinct, and that has helped me in my other work.
Double Entendre Tooth Tiger (2010) grapples with the issues of Evolution and Creationism. To pursue individual freedom of expression, this work releases the constrictive rules and conventions of traditional dance forms. Without specific codes often perceived in dance, the audience is also free to interpret what is meaningful or truthful from their own perspective. The addition of contemporary film projection and musical accompaniment establishes the work’s multi-media aesthetic. This provocative dance theatre production does not intend to make a statement about what is wrong or right, but does aim to challenge the viewpoints of two opposing sides.
Chard Gonzalez Dance Theatre is a recently established nonprofit organization based in New Orleans. Their mission is to amplify the talents of dance theatre artists and to enhance the public’s appreciation of dance theatre through evocative productions performed locally, nationally and internationally.
The Elektrik Zoo performs live tonight at the Manship Theatre
Baton Rouge, LA - January 10, 2010 - The Elektrik Zoo will debut their newest projection art along side the Chard Gonzalez Dance Theatre tonight in the Manship Theatre at the Shaw Center for the Arts. The piece, entitled "Double Entendre Tooth Tiger," is their 5th collaboration with the dancer/choreographer. "Chard is constantly challenging me," said Daneeta Jackson, co-founder of the Elektrik Zoo creative partnership. "His pieces are strange and funky. They conjure images in my head that I can't really explain. He's really taught me to trust my instinct, and that has helped me in my other work.
Double Entendre Tooth Tiger (2010) grapples with the issues of Evolution and Creationism. To pursue individual freedom of expression, this work releases the constrictive rules and conventions of traditional dance forms. Without specific codes often perceived in dance, the audience is also free to interpret what is meaningful or truthful from their own perspective. The addition of contemporary film projection and musical accompaniment establishes the work’s multi-media aesthetic. This provocative dance theatre production does not intend to make a statement about what is wrong or right, but does aim to challenge the viewpoints of two opposing sides.
Chard Gonzalez Dance Theatre is a recently established nonprofit organization based in New Orleans. Their mission is to amplify the talents of dance theatre artists and to enhance the public’s appreciation of dance theatre through evocative productions performed locally, nationally and internationally.
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