Ocean Trilogy preview at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Sept 2016
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Channel: MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) · 2016 · Science & Technology
This preview performance of Section I from Ocean Trilogy was filmed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium on September 21, 2016, during the Oceans ’16 Gala Dinner. Ocean Trilogy is a new multidisciplinary performance highlighting innovations and new possibilities from cutting-edge ocean research. Choreographer Fran Spector Atkins of SpectorDance and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute are investigating how dance and science can work together to heighten awareness and promote conversation about ocean health. The full Ocean Trilogy piece blends stunning underwater film footage, audio sound bites from filmed interviews with ocean researchers, contemporary classical and rap music, staging elements, and a variety of dance styles including contemporary, ballet, and urban. The contrast of elements generates an exciting composite that communicates science in a way that is informative, visceral, and uplifting. For more information see: http://www.mbari.org/what-happens-when-dance-and-science-merge/ Ocean Trilogy will premiere in Summer 2017. Ocean Trilogy Credits Creative Director: Fran Spector Atkins (http://www.spectordance.org) Media Artist: William Roden Science Liaison: Kyra Schlining, MBARI Music: Bryce Dessner, Phillip Glass Dancers: Colton Sterling, Anne-Marie Talmadge, Jackie McConnell, Jamar Goodman, Raymond Tilton Rap Artist: Baba Brinkman Interviewees: Sylvia Earle (National Geographic Explorer, author); MBARI Senior Scientists Peter Brewer (Ocean Chemist), James Barry (Benthic Ecologist), Francisco Chavez (Biological Oceanographer), and Steven Haddock (Marine Biologist); MBARI Education and Research Specialist George Matsumoto; MBARI Director of Information and Technology Dissemination Judith Connor, MBARI Electrical Engineering Group Lead Alana Sherman; Kenneth Coale (Chemical Oceanographer and former Director of Moss Landing Marine Labs), Erin Loury (Moss Landing Marine Labs alumni), James Lindholm (Professor of Science and Environmental Policy at California State University, Monterey Bay), and Kip Evans and Chuck Davis (Ocean Photographers). Conservation leaders from the Monterey Bay Aquarium: Letise LaFeir (California Ocean Policy Manager), Sarah-Mae Nelson (Conservation Interpreter & Online Community Manager), and Kera Abraham Panni (Conservation & Science External Affairs Coordinator). Ocean Trilogy Sponsors Harriet Mitteldorf, Solar City; Cima Collina Winery; Harriet Mittledorf; Karen & Jay Cook; Catherine & Nick Fanoe; Roger & Linda Thompson; Jim & Fran Atkins; Hal Eastman; Diana Huang; Susie Franklin; Jane Parker; Monterey Bay Aquarium; Monterey County Free Libraries; Monterey Museum of Art; MEarth; Shirley Blaine; Paulette Lynch and Ken Peterson; Rodney Pirtle; Union Bank Ocean Trilogy Community Partners Monterey Bay Aquarium; Monterey County Free Public Libraries; Monterey Museum of Art; MEarth, Diablo Ballet Ocean Trilogy Major Funders Community Foundation for Monterey County; Monterey Peninsula Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation; Monterey County Gives!; Harden Foundation; Harriet Mitteldorf, Hal Eastman, Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation; Barnet J. Segal Charitable Trust; Arts Council for Monterey County: Dunspaugh Dalton Foundation
