These
presentations about the Ballet mécanique
are available from Paul Lehrman:
Illustrated lecture on George Antheil and the history of the Ballet
mécanique.
Includes projections, film clips, interviews with George Antheil, musical
examples.
WHO IT'S FOR: Music,
film, and art history students, as well as general public.
REQUIREMENTS: Video
projector with VGA input, stereo sound system.
LENGTH: 30-40
minutes + Question & Answer session.
Documentary film: Bad Boy Made Good.
(first prize winner, New Haven Film Fest 2003; Telly
Award finalist; PBS broadcast Fall 2006)
WHO
IT'S FOR: Music, film, and art history students, as well
as general public.
REQUIREMENTS: DVD
player, video projector, stereo sound system.
LENGTH: 71 minutes
(54-minute cut also available) + optional Q&A.
A Ballet
mécanique for
the 21st Century: The robotic installation at the National
Gallery of Art. Includes the relationship between the Ballet
mécanique and the Dadist movement, details of the construction
and installation of the robotic instruments, and performance video in stereo
or Ambisonic four-channel sound.
WHO IT'S FOR: Musicians,
art historians, mechanical engineers, electrical and robotics engineers, and
the general public.
REQUIREMENTS: DVD player, video projector with VGA input, stereo (or four-channel) sound
system.
LENGTH: 45 minute
lecture + 11-minute film + Q&A.
Lecture and Film: Ballet
mécanique by
Fernand Léger and Dudley Murphy, with new realization of original
music by George Antheil, produced and edited by Paul Lehrman.
WHO IT'S FOR:
Film students, music-technology and film-scoring students, historians and
fans of 20th-century avant-garde art and early cinema.
REQUIREMENTS:
DVD player, video
projector with VGA input, stereo sound system.
LENGTH: 20-minute
lecture + 16-minute film + Q&A.
Workshop on realization of Antheil's Ballet
mécanique.
Includes MIDI generation and editing, sample playback, synchronization with
live performers, other performance issues.
WHO IT'S FOR: Music-technology
students, composers, conductors, electronic-music performers and producers.
Includes live computer demonstrations.
REQUIREMENTS: Audio
mixer with at least seven inputs, two- or (preferred) four-channel audio monitoring
system, video projector with VGA input.
LENGTH: 45-60 minutes.
Workshop on synchronizing the Ballet
mécanique film and music, for exhibition with
pre-recorded track and for live performance.
Includes score editing, real-time MIDI generation, sample playback, synchronizing
and mixing acoustic and MIDI tracks, live performers, and film/video.
WHO IT'S FOR: Advanced
film-scoring and music-technology students, conductors.
REQUIREMENTS: Two
large computer monitors and/or projectors with VGA inputs, audio mixer with
at least seven inputs, two- or (preferred) audio four-channel monitoring system.
LENGTH: 60 minutes
+ 16-minute film.
NOTE
Elements of different presentations can be combined to make customized
presentations. Multiple presentations in a day by arrangement.
FEES
on inquiry.
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